光棍节 (光棍節)
Guāng gùn jié
Pinyin
Definition
光棍节 (光棍節)
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- Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一寸光阴一寸金
- 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
- 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴
- 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
- 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
光前裕后
- 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
光天化日
- 1 the full light of day (idiom)
- 2 fig. peace and prosperity
- 3 in broad daylight
光明磊落
- 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
Sample Sentences
今年光棍节淘宝的业绩超过了三百亿。
This year on Chinese Singles' Day Taobao's performance surpassed 30 billion.
前不久是十一月十一号,是中国的光棍节。
Not long ago, it was the 11th of November. It was Chinese Singles' Day.
其实很多人在光棍节结婚的。
Actually a lot of people get married on Single's Day.
超级光棍节
Super Single's Day.
老宅着也没劲,今天是光棍节,一起喝酒去。
Staying in all the time is boring. Today is Bachelor's Day. Let's go out for drinks.
哎,四个光棍儿一起过光棍节。郁闷!
Agh, four bachelors celebrating Bachelor's Day together. Depressing!