清明節

清明节
Qīngmíngjié
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)

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1 清明 Qīngmíng
  1. Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣 èrshísìjiéqi 5th-19th April
  2. Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
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)