中秋
Zhōng qiū
Pinyin

Definition

中秋
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Zhōng qiū
  1. the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
中分
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū
  1. 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
  3. 3 a straw in the wind
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on

Sample Sentences

今天是中秋节，要吃月饼。你也吃一个吧。
jīntiān shì Zhōngqiū jié ，yào chī yuèbǐng 。nǐ yě chī yī ge ba 。
Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, so we have to eat mooncakes. You have one too.
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老板，中秋节马上要到了。要不要给员工买些月饼啊？
lǎobǎn ，Zhōngqiūjié mǎshàng yào dào le 。yào bu yào gěi yuángōng mǎi xiē yuèbǐng a ？
Boss, Mid-Autumn Festival will be here soon. Do you want to buy some mooncakes to give to the staff?
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好不好吃是一回事，但是中秋节吃月饼是中国人的传统。
hǎo bu hǎochī shì yī huí shì ，dànshì Zhōngqiūjié chī yuèbǐng shì Zhōngguórén de chuántǒng 。
Whether or not they are any good is one thing, but eating mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival is a Chinese tradition.
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中秋节不是刚过，怎么又要放假了？
zhōngqiūjié bùshì gāng guò ，zěnme yòu yào fàngjià le ？
Hasn't the Mid-Autumn Festival just passed? How can there be another holiday already?
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中秋节那才两天，这次要放的是十一国庆长假，足足有一个星期呢！
zhōngqiūjié nà cái liǎngtiān ，zhècì yào fàng de shì shí yī guóqìng chángjià ，zúzú yǒu yī ge xīngqī ne ！
Mid-Autumn Festival is just a couple of days, this time it is the longer October 1 National Holiday, it's a whole week in total!
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这是法定假日，当然都是带薪的，除了国庆假期之外，我们还有中秋节、端午节、清明节、五一劳动节，当然还有春节这五个法定假日。
zhè shì fǎdìng jiǎrì ，dāngrán dōu shì dàixīn de ，chúle guóqìng jiàqī zhīwài ，wǒmen háiyǒu zhōngqiūjié 、duānwǔjié 、qīngmíngjié 、Wǔyī Láodòngjié ，dāngrán háiyǒu chūnjié zhè wǔ gè fǎdìng jiǎrì 。
They are statutory holidays, of course they are paid. As well as the National Day holiday, there are also five other statutory holidays, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Festival, Labor Day on May 1 and, of course, Spring Festival.
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你别瞧不起人啊！我已经成功在情人节时顺路帮人送过花、中秋节时送过月饼。
nǐ bié qiáobuqǐ rén ā ！wǒ yǐjīng chénggōng zài qíngrénjié shí shùnlù bāng rén sòng guò huā 、zhōngqiūjié shí sòng guò yuèbǐng 。
Don't do me down! I've already delivered flowers on the way to school on Valentine's Day, and mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Festival.
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没问题，我们先来看词，作者是苏轼——苏东坡，他在丙辰年的中秋节，喝酒大醉，于是趁着酒兴写下了这首词。苏轼写作的风格以豪放著称。
méiwèntí ，wǒmen xiān lái kàn cí ，zuòzhě shì Sū Shì ——Sū Dōngpō ，tā zài bǐngchén nián de zhōngqiūjié ，hējiǔ dà zuì ，yúshì chèn zhe jiǔxìng xiě xià le zhè shǒu cí 。Sū Shì xiězuò de fēnggé yǐ háofàng zhùchēng 。
No problem, let's first take a look at the words. The author was Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo. On the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1076 he got very drunk, so he made use of the high spirits the drink gave him to write down this ci poem. Su Shi's writing style is famous for its unrestrained style.
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有六个传统节日。春节，春节是农历正月初一，元宵节，元宵节是农历正月十五，清明节，清明节是四月五日,端午节，端午节是农历五月初五，中秋节，中秋节是农历八月十五，重阳节,重阳节是农历九月初九。
yǒu liù ge chuántǒng jiérì 。Chūnjié ，Chūnjié shì nónglì zhēngyuèchūyī ，Yuánxiāojié ，Yuánxiāojié shì nónglì zhēngyuèshíwǔ ，Qīngmíngjié ，Qīngmíngjié shì Sìyuè wǔ rì ,Duānwǔjié ，Duānwǔjié shì nónglì Wǔyuè chūwǔ ，Zhōngqiūjié ，Zhōngqiūjié shì nónglì Bāyuè shíwǔ ，Chóngyángjié ,Chóngyángjié shì nónglì jiǔ yuèchū jiǔ 。
There are six traditional festivals. The Spring Festival is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The Lantern Festival is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. The Ching Ming Festival is April 5th. The Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. The Double Ninth Festival is the 9th day of the ninth lunar month.
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因为中秋节快到了。这是老板给我们的礼物！
yīnwèi zhōngqiūjié kuài dào le 。zhè shì lǎobǎn gěi wǒmen de lǐwù ！
Because it will be Mid-Autumn Festival soon. This is a present the boss is giving us!
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