圣烛节
Shèng zhú jié
Pinyin

Definition

圣烛节
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Shèng zhú jié
  1. Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)

Related Words (20)

情人节
Qíng rén jié
  1. 1 Valentine's Day
春节
Chūn jié
  1. 1 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
节
jiē
  1. 1 see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jiē gu yǎn]
节日
jié rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 festival
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
节目
jié mù
  1. 1 program
  2. 2 item (on a program)
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè],套[tào]
细节
xì jié
  1. 1 details
  2. 2 particulars
圣诞
Shèng dàn
  1. 1 Christmas
  2. 2 birthday of reigning Emperor
  3. 3 Confucius' birthday
过节
guò jié
  1. 1 to celebrate a festival
  2. 2 after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
中秋节
Zhōng qiū jié
  1. 1 the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
佳节
jiā jié
  1. 1 festive day
  2. 2 holiday
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
  1. 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
光棍节
Guāng gùn jié
  1. 1 Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
国庆节
Guó qìng jié
  1. 1 PRC National Day (October 1st)
大圣
dà shèng
  1. 1 great sage
  2. 2 mahatma
  3. 3 king
  4. 4 emperor
  5. 5 outstanding personage
  6. 6 Buddha
季节
jì jié
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 season
  3. 3 period
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
小节
xiǎo jié
  1. 1 a minor matter
  2. 2 trivia
  3. 3 bar (music)
情节
qíng jié
  1. 1 plot
  2. 2 circumstances
愚人节
Yú rén jié
  1. 1 April Fools' Day
感恩节
Gǎn ēn jié
  1. 1 Thanksgiving Day
时节
shí jié
  1. 1 season
  2. 2 time

Idioms (20)

不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
勤俭节约
qín jiǎn jié yuē
  1. 1 diligent and thrifty (idiom)
厉行节约
lì xíng jié yuē
  1. 1 to practice strict economy (idiom)
恭贺佳节
gōng hè jiā jié
  1. 1 season's greetings (idiom)
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
  1. 1 side issues keep arising (idiom)
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
  1. 1 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
殷忧启圣
yīn yōu qǐ shèng
  1. 1 deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
  2. 2 storms make oaks take deeper root
洞房花烛
dòng fáng huā zhú
  1. 1 bridal room and ornamented candles
  2. 2 wedding festivities (idiom)
清风劲节
qīng fēng jìng jié
  1. 1 pure and high-minded (idiom)
盘根错节
pán gēn cuò jié
  1. 1 twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky
  2. 2 knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
节上生枝
jié shàng shēng zhī
  1. 1 a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
节外生枝
jié wài shēng zhī
  1. 1 a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
节衣缩食
jié yī suō shí
  1. 1 to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
缩衣节食
suō yī jié shí
  1. 1 to economize on clothes and food
  2. 2 to scrimp and save (idiom)
圣经贤传
shèng jīng xián zhuàn
  1. 1 lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo
  1. 1 to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
  2. 2 to labor under a double burden
开源节流
kāi yuán jié liú
  1. 1 lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
  2. 2 to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure
风中之烛
fēng zhōng zhī zhú
  1. 1 lit. candle in the wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of sb's life) feeble
  3. 3 hanging on a thread
风中烛，瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of sb's life) feeble
  3. 3 hanging on a thread

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