1、春节的英文表达及春节英文对联集锦有关春节的各种英文表达汇总【基本词汇与短语】： 1.【Greeting Season】: 春节 The Spring Festival 农历 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 New Years Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一 the beginning of New Year 元宵节 The Lantern Festival 2.【Customs】： 过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival 对
2、联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ;do Spring Festival shopping 年画 New Year paintings 敬酒 propose a toast 灯笼 lantern: a portable light 烟花 fireworks 爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spir
3、its and ghosts with the loud pop.) 红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.) 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 杂耍 va
4、riety show; vaudeville 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up 禁忌 taboo 拜年 pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors 压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
5、 3.【Culture Note】：In the old days, New Years money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. Today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to
6、represent luck and wealth 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning 4.【Food names】： 年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding 汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumpli
7、ngs made of sweet rice 糖果盘 candy tray: 什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health 西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity 金桔 cumquat - prosperity 红枣 red dates - prosperity 糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 糖藕 candied lo
8、tus root - fulfilling love relationship 花生糖 peanut candy - sweet 5.【Blessing】: Treasures fill the home 财源广进 Business flourishes 事业兴隆 Peace all year round 岁岁平安 Wishing you prosperity 恭喜发财 Harmony brings wealth 家和万事兴 May all your wishes come true 心想事成 Everything goes well 万事如意 The country flourishes a
9、nd people live in peace 国家富强、人民安康 Money and treasures will be plentiful 财源茂盛 Wishing you every success promoting to a higher position事业有成、更上一层楼、蒸蒸日上 Safe trip wherever you go 一帆风顺 Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!祝你新的一年快乐幸福 Wish you success in your career and happiness of your fa
10、mily! 事业成功，家庭美满（阖家欢乐）春节英文对联集锦：对联 1：上联： Time is a vexation，come up roll n roll.时尽艰哉，岁月蹉跎事事侯。下联： Life is a struggle，have 2 step by 1 step.生多难也，江湖谨慎步步营。对联 2：上联： Rose sells rose on Rose Road. Rose 在玫瑰路上卖玫瑰。下联：Give me hand， hand in hand. 给我你的手，让我们手牵手。横联：Nowhere ？ Now here！ 任何地方都不？现在在这儿！对联 3：上联：Everything
11、 is possible. 任何事都有可能。下联：Impossible is nothing.没有不可能。横批：Just do it.只要肯去做。对联 4：上联：Sea-water tide，day-to-day tide，every-day tide and every-day ebb.海浪涨潮，天天涨潮，天天涨潮，又天天退潮。下联：Floating-clouds appear ，often appear，often appear and often go漂浮的云出项了，经常出现，经常出现，又经常消失。对联 5：上联：Get bikini from Bikini， bikini in Bik
12、ini， swim to Bikini.购泳装来比基尼岛，泳装在比基尼岛，游水到比基尼岛。下联：Go Bikini for bikini， Bikini sales bikini， swim with bikini.到比基尼岛购泳装，比基尼岛卖泳装，游水需泳装。对联 6： 上联：Open windows of Windows， windows in Windows， shut down Windows.开窗口在视窗，窗口在视窗，关机闭视窗。下联：Since Miss is miss， Miss always miss，search also miss .女孩竟不在，女孩总不在，找她也不在。对联
13、 7：上联：To China for china， China with china，dinner on china.去中国买瓷器，中国有瓷器，吃饭靠瓷器下联：Turn right get right， right is right， speak by right.到右边得权利，右边是权利，发言凭权利。对联 8：上联：A willing mind sees nothing impossible， so the broken pots near the sinking boats witnessed mighty Qins surrender before Chu.有志者，事竟成；破釜成舟，百二
14、秦关终属楚。下联： A waiting heart regards everything available， so the determination from the torturing hay embraced weak Yues triumph over Wu.苦心人，天不负，卧心尝胆，三千越甲可吞吴！对联 9：上联：We dont stop playing because we grow old.我们不要不玩耍因为我们长大了。下联： We grow old because we stop plating.我们长大了因为我们不再玩耍了。 【中国新年禁忌英文表达】：Dos and Don
15、ts of Chinese New YearDoes: 1. Wish everyone you meet a happy New Year by saying “gong xi fa cai“, which translates to: “Have a happy and prosperous New Year!“ 对每一个你遇到的人道一声：“恭喜发财 ”，翻译成英文就是： “在新的一年里拥有幸福繁荣的生活”； 2. Wear articles of red clothing because red symbolizes luck. 穿红色布料做成的饰品，因为红色昭示着幸运； 3. Eat
16、vegetarian food because its not good to see blood. 吃素食，因为见血是不吉利的；4. Buy new trousers because the Chinese word for trousers is “fu“, (Chinese homonym for wealth) 买新裤子（衣服） ，因为汉语里裤子就是“服”， （在汉语里与财富的“富 ”谐音） ； 5. Children should stay up as late as possible on New Years Eve for it is believed that the late
17、r they stay up, the longer their parents will live. 孩子应该在除夕之夜尽可能晚睡、熬夜因为据说他们睡的越晚，他们的父母越长寿；6. Visit family (especially those older than yourself) and friends to pass on your wishes on good fortune for the New Year. (plus kids and single people will receive lai-see lucky red packets full of money. 拜访亲戚
18、朋友（尤其是比你年长的） ，传递你对他们来年幸福的美好祝愿（另外孩子和单身的人将会得到装满钱的幸运红包，称为“ 来喜” 。 ） 7. Give two lai see to each child. Because happiness comes in two“s, do not just give one. This is your way of passing good luck to the next generation. Business owners also give lai see to employees and associates. 给每个孩子两份“来喜”（我觉得应该指钱是
19、偶数的） ，因为好事成双，不要只给一份。这是你把祝愿传递给下一代的方法。企业主（老板）也要给员工和同事红包。 Donts: 1. Dont wear white or black clothing, since they are the traditional colors of mourning. 不要穿白色或黑色服装，因为这是传统意义上丧事的颜色； 2. Dont buy new shoes for the first month of the New Year, because the sound of shoe in Chinese is “hai“. “Hai“ is similar
20、 to the sound of sighing, which Chinese believe is not a good way to start the year. 不要在新年的第一个月买新鞋，因为在汉语里鞋的发音是“ 孩” （好像是四川地区的发音） ， 它与叹息”唉“相近，中国人认为这不是新年伊始的好兆头。 3. Dont wash your hair for the first three days of the New Year, because the Chinese word for hair is a homonym for the Chinese word for wealt
21、h. Therefore, Chinese believe it isnt a good thing to “wash away your wealth“ right at the start of the New Year. 在新年的前三天里不要洗头，因为汉语里“头发”的“ 发”和“发财”的“发”同音。因此，中国认为在新年伊始把财富给冲走可不是好兆头。 4. Floors may not be swept and garbage may not be disposed of on the first day of the New Year for fear of casting riches
22、 out the door. 在新年第一天，不拖地，不扔垃圾，因为怕把“财“ 给送走了；5. Dont swear or quarrel. 不要诅咒发誓，也不愿吵架； 6. Dont break any dishes, otherwise you may incur more misfortune for the New Year. In the event of breaking a dish, quickly say “Peace for all time“, and the bad luck will be warded away. 不要打破碗碟，否则在来年你可能会遭遇不幸。一旦打破了，
23、要马上说“ 岁岁平安 ”，这样坏运气就会被赶走了； 7. Dont greet people who are in mourning. 不要向服丧期的人们问候（主要指不要说喜庆的话吧？）8. Dont drop your chopsticks. 不要让筷子掉地上； 9. Dont say the number “four“ (Chinese homonym for death) or mention death. 不要说数字“四 ”（汉语里和 “死”谐音）或者提到死；10. Dont borrow or lend money. 不要借钱也不要借给别人钱。 关于春节的文章，段落，句子，词组，单词
24、英文表达：下面的这篇文章介绍了中国的传统节日春节。文章详尽说明了中国人是如何欢度春节的。阅读此文，你可以学会如何用英语表达庆祝春节的习俗， 如贴对联、包饺子、放鞭炮、吃团圆饭、拜年等等。 Spring Festival, the traditional Chinese New Years Day, is Chinas most important national holiday. The date of the new year is still determined by the lunar calendar even though the government of the Republ
25、ic of China adopted the international Gregorian calendar in 1912. New Years Day typically occurs sometime in early spring (February). Almost everyone in Chinas cities enjoys at least three days off work to celebrate spring Festival, and the celebration lasts even longer in rural areas: from the eigh
26、th day of the last month of the lunar year to the fifteenth day of the first month of the following lunar years. Rural residents use this time, following a years hard work and prior to the spring planting, to rest and relax as the climate in northern China is still quite cold. The Han people (the ma
27、jority ethnic group in China, accounting for more than 90 percent of the population) have a tradition of eating laba-rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit-on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. This pastime symbolizes the peasants wishes for an abundant harvest and healthy animals. S
28、tarting on the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month people clean their houses, decorate them with paper-cuts and streamers, shop for special Spring Festival foods and gifts, and begin preparing the New years banquet. On the day before New Years day, many families decorate their front doors wi
29、th a pair of couplets designating good fortune. These couplets are written in fine calligraphy on long strips of red paper. The text of the sentiments expressed are for happiness, good health, bumper harvest, family harmony and prosperity. Special pictures are placed in different rooms to dispel evi
30、l spirits and bring the family tranquility and happiness throughout the coming year. Children set off firecrackers, play games and carry colorful lanterns in hand as they visit friends. Parents keep busy preparing the New Years Eve dinner and making jiaozi-dumplings with meat and vegetable fillings.
31、 Dumplings are an indispensable food for northerners during their New Years celebration. In olden times, jiaozi were thought to scare away evil spirits, misfortune and disease. Today this well-loved dish is as closely associated with Spring Festival as turkey is with Thanksgiving in the United State
32、s. Chinese have been making jiaozi for more than 1,600 years, but the preparation of this delicious food varies by region. One variety is made with fillings of meat, Chinese cabbage or other vegetables, peanut and sesames oils, with ginger, green onion and salt for flavoring. Another variety is fill
33、ed with eggs and dried shrimp along with Chinese cabbage, Chinese chives and other flavorings. On New Years Day people traditionally eat dumplings made with egg and shrimp fillings to encourage a year of peace. Families in some rural areas have a custom of wrapping a small piece of candy or a coin i
34、n one of the dumplings. The person who eats this dumpling is considered lucky and will have a happy and prosperous new year. Following dinner, most families watch special holiday variety shows on television, which last well into new Years Day. Many families stay up very late, some even stay up all n
35、ight, playing cards, laughing, chatting, or telling stories to the children. At midnight a barrage of firecrackers breaks the silence and after the cocks crow, every family conducts a New Years ceremony. Everyone, old and young, dresses in their best before offering sacrifices to their gods and ance
36、stors. The reunion meal in northern China consists of jiaozi. Old and young sit around the dinner table waiting to be served while the women boil the dumplings. If family members cannot join the reunion meal, a pair of chopsticks, a cup of wine and a bowl are laid out for them to symbolize the famil
37、ys best wishes. On New Years Day the children receive gifts of money in red envelopes from their parents and grandparents. But, the most popular celebrating activity is young people expressing wishes of good fortune and health to the family elders. Other children enjoy visiting with friends, neighbo
38、rs and relatives because they are treated to fruit, pastry and candy while their parents drink tea, wine or beer. The celebrating climax occurs on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month during the Lantern Festival. At night lantern shows or lion dances are performed, luring visitors to the fun,
39、whether its in the city or the countryside. A happy New Year to you. 恭贺新年。 Allow me to congratulate you on the arrival of the New Year and to extend to you all my best wishes for your perfect health and lasting prosperity. 恭贺新禧，祝身体健康、事业发达。 At such a wonderful moment, I send you a gentle and warm car
40、e and wish: May every day be brilliant for you! Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the New Year. 恭贺新禧，万事如意。 Good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the year. 恭祝健康、幸运，新年快乐。 Good luck and great success in the coming New Year. 祝来年好运，并取得更大的成就。 I give you endless brand-new
41、 good wishes. Please accept them as a new remembrance of our lasting friendship. 给你我无尽的新的祝福，让它们成为我们永恒友谊的新的纪念。 I hope you have a most happy and prosperous New Year. 谨祝新年快乐幸福，大吉大利。 I hope you have a most happy and prosperous(大吉大利） New Year. May everything beautiful and best be condensed into this card
42、. I sincerely wish you happiness, cheerfulness and success. 愿一切最美好的祝福都能用这张贺卡表达，真诚地祝你幸福、快乐、成功！ May everything beautiful be condensed（融合） into this card. And I sincerely with you happiness, cheerfulness. May fortune smile upon you and favor you with many blessings（祝福）! May the coming New Year bring yo
43、u joy, love and peace. 愿新年为你带来快乐，友爱和宁静。 May the joy and happiness around you today and always. 愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。 May the seasons joy fill you all the year round. 愿节日的愉快伴你一生。 May you come into a good fortune! Good luck, good health, hood cheer. I wish you a happy New Year. 祝好运、健康、佳肴伴你度过一个快乐新年。 On the occas
44、ion of the New Year, may my wife and I extend to you and yours our warmest greetings, wishing you a happy New Year, your career greater success and your family happiness. 在此新年之际，我同夫人向你及你的家人致以节日的问候，并祝你们新年快乐、事业有 成、家庭幸福。 Please accept my seasons greetings. 请接受我节日的祝贺。 Please accept my sincere wishes for
45、 the New Year. I hope you will continue to enjoy good health. 请接受我诚挚的新年祝福，顺祝身体健康。 Please accept our wishes for you and yours for a happy New Year. 请接受我们对你及你全家的美好祝福，祝你们新年快乐。 Rich blessing for health and abundant happiness（福多） in my wish for you in the coming year! Seasons greetings and best wishes fo
46、r the New Year. 祝福您，新年快乐。 Seasons greetings and sincere wishes for a bright and happy New Year! 献上节日的问候与祝福,愿你拥有一个充满生机和欢乐的新年。 The greatest happiness in life is to feel peaceful; The greatest happiness in life is to possess friends. May you have all happiness in your life. To wish you joy at this holy
47、 season. Wishing every happiness will always come to you! To wish you joy at this holy season. Wishing every happiness will always be with you. 恭祝新年吉祥，幸福和欢乐与你同在。 Wishing you happiness during the holidays and throughout the New Year. 祝节日快乐，新年幸福。 With best wishes for a happy New Year! 祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。 With many good wishes for the holidays and the coming year! With the compliments of the season. 祝贺佳节。 With very best wishes for your happiness in the New Year. 致以最良好的祝福，原你新年快乐幸福
