光棍节 (光棍節)
Guāng gùn jié
Pinyin

Definition

光棍节 (光棍節)
 - 
Guāng gùn jié
  1. 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

Related Words (20)

guāng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 ray
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào
  4. 4 bright
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 merely
  7. 7 to use up
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
guāng róng
  1. 1 honor and glory
  2. 2 glorious
guāng lín
  1. 1 (formal) to honor with one's presence
  2. 2 to attend
guāng máng
  1. 1 rays of light
  2. 2 brilliant rays
  3. 3 radiance

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 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。
jīnnián guānggùnjié Táobǎo de yèjì chāoguò le sānbǎi yì 。
This year on Chinese Singles' Day Taobao's performance surpassed 30 billion.
Go to Lesson 
前不久是十一月十一号,是中国的光棍节。
qiánbùjiǔ shì shí yī yuè shí yī hào ,shì Zhōngguó de guānggùnjié 。
Not long ago, it was the 11th of November. It was Chinese Singles' Day.
Go to Lesson 
其实很多人在光棍节结婚的。
qíshí hěn duō rén zài guānggùnjié jiéhūn de 。
Actually a lot of people get married on Single's Day.
Go to Lesson 
超级光棍节
chāojí guānggùnjié
Super Single's Day.
Go to Lesson 
老宅着也没劲,今天是光棍节,一起喝酒去。
lǎo zhái zhe yě méijìn ,jīntiān shì guānggùnjié ,yīqǐ hējiǔ qù 。
Staying in all the time is boring. Today is Bachelor's Day. Let's go out for drinks.
Go to Lesson 
哎,四个光棍儿一起过光棍节。郁闷!
ài ,sì ge guānggùnr yīqǐ guò guānggùnjié 。yùmèn !
Agh, four bachelors celebrating Bachelor's Day together. Depressing!
Go to Lesson