春节(chūn jié)

2 charactersTrad. 春節

Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

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Example sentences

How 春节 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 春节,即农历新年。

    chūn jié jí nóng lì xīn nián

    Spring Festival is also known as Chinese New Year.

  • 庆祝春节俗称过年。

    qìng zhù chūn jié sú chēng guò nián

    Celebrating Spring Festival is commonly referred to as 'passing the year'.

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