光棍節

光棍节
Guānggùnjié
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day

CEDICT

Homographs

光棍節 guānggùnjié

Entry Composition

1 光棍 guānggùn
  1. gangster; hoodlum
  2. bachelor; single man
  3. (dialect) wise person; astute person
2 節 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)