托福词汇备考之“传统节日类”

备考托福考试，词汇的储备必不可少。今天为大家整理了与中国传统文化相关的一系列词汇，一起学习吧。

传统节日

Traditional Festivals

拜年

paying a New Year call

爆竹

firecracker

鞭炮

a string of small firecrackers

除夕

New Year's Eve

春节

Spring Festival

春联

Spring Festival couplets

(conveying best wishes for the year )

辞旧迎新

bid farewell to the old and usher

in the new; ring out the old year and

ring in the new

大扫除

year-end household cleaning

灯谜

lantern riddles

登高

hill climbing

端午节

Dragon Boat Festival

恭喜发财

May you be prosperous!

/ Wish you all the best!

观灯

viewing the lanterns

贺岁片

New Year film

饺子

dumplings (with meat

and vegetable stuffing )

龙灯舞

dragon lantern dance

庙会

temple fair

年画

New Year picture

年夜饭

family reunion dinner on

Lunar New Year's Eve

清明节

Tomb-sweeping Festival

扫墓

paying respect to the dead

赏菊

enjoying chrysanthemum

赏月

enjoying the full moon

狮子舞

lion dance

压岁钱

money given to children

as a Lunar New Year gift

秧歌舞

yangge dance

元宵

sweet rice-flour dumplings

(eaten on the Lantern Festival )

元宵节

Lantern Festival

月饼

moon cake

植树节

Tree-planting Day

中秋节

Mid-autumn Festival

重阳节

Double Ninth Festival

粽子

a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of

glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves