与春节食品习俗相关的英语词汇荟萃

Spring Festival Terms Source: China Daily

祝《美语世界》的网友们春节快乐
Happy Spring Festival to you all

节日名

春节 The Spring Festival
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵节 The Lantern Festival

习俗

过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
春联 Spring Festival couplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 New Year paintings
买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern: a portable light
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

食品

年糕 Nian-gao; rice cake; New Year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve
饺子 Jiao-zi; dumpling
糖果盘 candy tray
什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
红枣 red dates - prosperity

所有跟帖： 

• 古筝曲：步步高 -林贝卡- ♀ (1162 bytes) () 01/25/2009 postreply 07:30:45

• 年年步步高！ -楚江- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2009 postreply 09:20:29

• 楚江好，春节快乐，同祝年年步步高。 -林贝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2009 postreply 09:31:32

• Does it mean you have to 年年更新高跟鞋？ -YuGong- ♂ (62 bytes) () 01/25/2009 postreply 11:44:23

• 你说对了,女人到了一定的年纪,要想年年高, -楚江- ♀ (27 bytes) () 01/26/2009 postreply 08:40:01

• 【祝《美语世界》的网友们春节快乐。】 -林贝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2009 postreply 09:30:58

• Mark. Happy New Year! -eyeyey- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/25/2009 postreply 18:09:22

• Happy Spring Festival and nice week to eyeyey. -林贝卡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/26/2009 postreply 10:57:05