元旦
Yuán dàn
Pinyin
Definition
元旦
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- New Year's Day
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname Yuan
- 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
- 1 in case (sth happens)
- 2 if
- 3 once (sth happens, then...)
- 4 when
- 5 in a short time
- 6 in one day
- 1 Lantern Festival
- 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
- 3 see also: 元夜 yuán yè
- 4 sticky rice dumplings
- 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
- 1 Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān dōng shì], Liaoning
Idioms (8)
一元复始
- 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元恶大憝
- 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
危在旦夕
- 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
- 2 on the brink of crisis
命在旦夕
- 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
- 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
Sample Sentences
元旦快乐!
Happy New Year!
对,最近圣诞、元旦、春节好几个热门档期有几十部电影上映。有一部国产片好像挺不错,叫……
Yes, it is about to be Christmas, the New Year and Spring Festival, so several popular theaters have several films showing. There is a Chinese film that looks good, it is called...
我不过元旦,在家睡觉!你呢?
I'm not doing anything for New Year's. I'm going to be at home asleep. You?
元旦怎么过?
How are you spending New Year's?