情人节 (情人節)
Qíng rén jié
Pinyin
Definition
情人节 (情人節)
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- Valentine's Day
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一掬同情之泪
- 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一见钟情
- 1 love at first sight (idiom)
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
Sample Sentences
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。
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.
是我妹妹打来的,她特地打来祝我情人节快乐。
It was my little sister, she called especially to wish me a Happy Valentine's Day.
你有所不知。我去年情人节当天和男朋友吵架分手,她刚好也在场,目睹了整个经过。
There's something you don't know. Last year on Valentine's Day I split up with my boyfriend during an argument. She just happened to be there and saw it all happen.
所以有一阵子我每次看到我妹就会想起去年分手的情景...我从此以后再也不想跟情人节有什么关联了...
So for a period of time every time I saw my little sister I would think back to the scene of the break-up... And from that time onward, I've wanted nothing to do with Valentine's Day.
我家附近的餐厅今天也有情人节特餐,我们去沾沾别的情侣的喜气。
There's a Valentine's Special at a restaurant near my house today, let's go and feed off the joy of the other couples.
就说我不想过情人节了,妳还带我去吃情人节晚餐!
Didn't I just say that I didn't want to celebrate Valentine's Day! And you want to bring me to eat a Valentine's Day dinner!
唉!情人节要到了,我好想追我的一个天菜等级的同事啊!每次看到她我都情不自禁地...
(sigh) It's almost valentines day, I'd love to court one of my colleagues who's exactly my type. Every time I see her, I can't help but...
说说,情人节的时候,你们家那位都会给你什么惊喜呀?
Tell me, what does your partner surprise you with on Valentine's Day?
那情人节呢,男神应该准备什么礼物才最完美呢?
And Valentine's Day? What would be the perfect gift that this dream guy would prepare for you?
你知道吗?很多人都觉得中国的情人节是“七夕”,因为有牛郎织女的故事。可其实在古代,真正的情人节可是元宵节。
Do you know? Many people think that Chinese Valentine's Day is Qixi Festival, because of the story of the cowherd and the weaver girl. But actually in ancient times, the real Valentine's Day was Lantern Festival.