我的家教是徐薇 [完整版] ep37農曆新年篇 2018/2/7

Chinese New Year 農曆新年

=Lunar New Year

solar calendar 陽曆

lunar calendar 農曆

lunar January 正月

Selena 女子名;月亮女神的意思

lunatic 瘋子

Spring Festival 春節

festival (具有文化歷史有關的)節慶

house cleaning 大掃除

remove the old and welcome the new 除舊佈新

paste spring festival couplets 貼春聯

paste 貼

couple 一對

~let (拉丁文字尾) ~小東西

couplets 對聯

booklet 小冊子; 小手冊

necklet 項鍊

boomlet 小景氣, 景氣生意有點回溫

boom 繁榮;興盛

worship the deities 祭拜神明

(這裡不用God, God通常指西方希臘的神明; 而deity 則指中國的神明)

worship the ancestors 祭拜祖先

worship 崇拜;祭拜

warship 戰艦

red envelope 紅包

=red packet

It’s a red envelope with money inside.

Lucky money 壓歲錢

=New Year’s money

Wear new clothes from head to toe

Shou-sui 守歲

=stay up all night

let off firecrackers 放鞭炮

=set off firecrackers

dragon dance and lion dance舞龍舞獅

CCTV New Year’s Gala 春晚

Gala 通常指大型慶賀祝賀的活動

a gala day 連續大型的活動;一整天大型的歡慶活動

Fa-gao 發糕

=Chinese prosperity cake

prosperity 繁榮

eight treasures rice pudding 八寶飯

treasure 寶藏

pudding 布丁

cured meat 臘肉

cure (v) 醃製; 治療(疾病)

mustard greens 長年菜

mustard 芥末

greens 也可以指vegetable

Congratualations on your prosperity. 恭喜發財

Congratulations on your success. 恭喜你成功

影音來源我的家教是徐薇 [完整版] ep37農曆新年篇 2018/2/7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGFt9fVR-1I

來學給個和新年有關的字彙和片語

春節英文字彙：

red envelope 紅包

New Year's Money 壓歲錢
Chinese New Year 新年

year-end bonus
＝ december bonus    年終獎金

The Spring Festival 春節

Chinese New Year Festivities 農曆春節假期

Chinese New Year’s Eve 除夕夜

New Year's Eve Dinner    年夜飯

around the fireplace
＝ surrounding the stove 圍爐

bringing in the new year        守歲

incense 香

burn an incense stick 燒香

burn incense and pray 燒香拜佛

religious festival   拜拜

worship a diety      去拜拜

ask the gods for a prophecy   求神問卜

firecracker      鞭炮

set off firecrackers      放鞭炮

Red Couplets
＝ New Year couplets 春聯

make a New Year's visit
＝make a ceremonial call       拜年

play mahjong      打麻將

play cards     打牌

The Lion Dance 舞獅

The Dragon Dance     舞龍

the lunar/solar calendar   農曆 / 陽曆

sweet glutinous rice pudding
＝ nian gao                                     年糕

firework   煙火

ancestor   祖先

worship ancestors       祭祖

temple 寺廟

Lantern Festival 元宵節（上元節、燈籠節）

lantern  燈籠

yuanxioa  元宵

tang yuan 湯圓

good fortune
＝happiness     福

wealth, prosperity    富貴

propitious
＝ good fortune    吉祥

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Food English- Chinese New Year!】

Dumpling 餃子
steamed fish 蒸魚
scallop 扇貝
prawn 蝦
Buddha Jumps over the Wall (Buddha's Delight) 佛跳牆
glutinous rice flour pudding 年糕
turnip cake (or radish cake) 蘿蔔糕
longevity noodles 長壽麵
spring roll 春捲
bamboo shoot 筍
orange 橘
tangerine 椪柑
eight precious pudding 八寶飯
fa gao 發糕
melon 瓜