day 76festivals & customs
unit 13 · society & culturefestivals & customs
Talk about Chinese festivals and customs, and say “not B unless A” with 不A不B.
today’s words
- 传统 chuántǒng · tradition; traditional
- 风俗 fēngsú · custom(s)
- 除夕 chúxī · New Year’s Eve (lunar)
- 年夜饭 niányèfàn · New Year’s Eve dinner
- 压岁钱 yāsuìqián · New Year money (for children)
- 元旦 Yuándàn · New Year’s Day (1 January)
- 国庆 guóqìng · National Day
- 纪念 jìniàn · to commemorate; souvenir
- 纪念日 jìniànrì · anniversary, memorial day
- 周年 zhōunián · anniversary (… years)
- 福 fú · good fortune, blessing
- 龙 lóng · dragon
- 生肖 shēngxiào · Chinese zodiac animal
- 象征 xiàngzhēng · to symbolise; symbol
- 甲 jiǎ · A, first (in a list)
- 乙 yǐ · B, second (in a list)
- 中华 Zhōnghuá · China (formal, cultural)
- 中华民族 ZhōnghuáMínzú · the Chinese nation
- 族 zú · group, “-ers” (suffix)
- 中外 zhōngwài · China and abroad
- 式 shì · style, -style (suffix)
sentences
- 不吃饺子不算过年。 · It’s not New Year without dumplings.
- 除夕晚上，我们不到十二点不睡觉。 · On New Year’s Eve we don’t go to bed until midnight.
- 门上贴着一个“福”字，象征着好运。 · There’s a 福 on the door, a symbol of good luck.
- 孩子们拿到压岁钱，高兴得跳了起来。 · The children were so happy with their New Year money that they jumped for joy.
- 从风俗来看，南方和北方过年很不一样。 · Looking at the customs, New Year in the south is very different from the north.