逢年过节 (逢年過節)
féng nián guò jié
Pinyin

Definition

逢年过节 (逢年過節)
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féng nián guò jié
  1. at the Chinese New Year or other festivities

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
年
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)

Idioms (20)

一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)

Sample Sentences

到我们这把年纪，孩子就是全部。我不想跟别人接触，别人一提儿女我就忍不住伤心。逢年过节也不想出去，别人家是喜庆团圆，我们老两口却守着孩子的照片叹气，哎！
dào wǒmen zhè bǎ niánjì ，háizi jiùshì quánbù 。wǒ bù xiǎng gēn biérén jiēchù ，biérén yī tí érnǚ wǒ jiù rěnbuzhù shāngxīn 。féngniánguòjié yě bù xiǎng chūqù ，biérén jiā shì xǐqìng tuányuán ，wǒmen lǎoliǎngkǒu què shǒu zhe háizi de zhàopiàn tànqì ，ai ！
When you've reached my age, your children are everything. I don't want to come into contact with others; as soon as they bring up their children I can't contain my sadness. I don't like to go out during the holidays, either. Other families are celebrating joyous reunions while the two of us remain by the picture of our son sighing sadly. Ah!
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