元宵节

元宵節
Yuánxiāojié
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

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Entry Composition

1 元宵 yuánxiāo
  1. Lantern Festival
  2. night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. see also 元夜 yuányè
  4. sticky rice dumplings
2 节 jié
  1. joint; node
  2. (bound form) section; segment
  3. solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
  4. seasonal festival
  5. (bound form) to economize; to save
  6. (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
  7. classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
  8. knot (nautical miles per hour)