Chinese · Day 16 · Family Banquets & Holidays
春节春節
chūn jiéPinyin
Spring Festival / Lunar New Year
noun
The official name for the Lunar New Year holiday, representing the grandest and most culturally significant traditional festival in China. It marks the turn of the traditional lunisolar calendar and celebrates the coming of spring.
In a sentence
新搬进隔壁一房一厅的那位姐姐怕热，听说春节期间北方的老家冰天雪地、非常凉爽，她禁不住露出了期待的笑容。
Xīn bān jìn gébì yī fáng yī tīng de nà wèi jiějie pà rè, tīngshuō Chūnjié qījiān běifāng de lǎojiā bīngtiān-xuědì、fēicháng liángshuǎng, tā jīnbúzhù lùchū le qīdài de xiàoróng.
The elder sister who just moved into the one-bedroom flat next door handles the heat poorly; hearing that her hometown in the north is completely snow-bound and exceptionally cool during the Spring Festival, she couldn't help but reveal an expectant smile.