灯会 (燈會)
dēng huì
Pinyin

Definition

灯会 (燈會)
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dēng huì
  1. carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

学会
xué huì
  1. 1 to learn
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 institute
  4. 4 learned society
  5. 5 (scholarly) association
会
huì
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 to be possible
  3. 3 to be able to
  4. 4 will
  5. 5 to be likely to
  6. 6 to be sure to
  7. 7 to assemble
  8. 8 to meet
  9. 9 to gather
  10. 10 to see
  11. 11 union
  12. 12 group
  13. 13 association
  14. 14 classifier: 个 gè
  15. 15 a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
机会
jī huì
  1. 1 opportunity
  2. 2 chance
  3. 3 occasion
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
一会
yī huì
  1. 1 a moment
  2. 2 a while
  3. 3 in a moment
  4. 4 also pr. [yī huǐ]
一会儿
yī huì r
  1. 1 a moment
  2. 2 a while
  3. 3 in a moment
  4. 4 now...now...
  5. 5 also pr. [yī huǐ r5]

Idioms (18)

只可意会，不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可以意会，不可言传
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
  1. 1 lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go alone into enemy lines
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)

Sample Sentences

猜对了！就是“胖”字，这么厉害！看来你一定常常在元宵灯会的时候拿到奖品！
cāi duì le ！jiùshì “pàng ”zì ，zhème lìhai ！kànlai nǐ yīdìng chángcháng zài yuánxiāodēnghuì de shíhou ná dào jiǎngpǐn ！
You got it right! It's the character "胖". You're really good at this! You must win a lot of prizes at the lantern displays on Lantern Festival!
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