{"id":16385,"date":"2019-11-13T09:37:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T09:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/teaching-examination\/lesson-171-happy-spring-festival-3-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:37:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T09:37:32","slug":"lesson-171-happy-spring-festival-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/lesson-171-happy-spring-festival-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 171 Happy Spring Festival! (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/res.hjfile.cn\/pt\/vendor\/hjplayer.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>HJPlayer.init(\"hjptype=song&player=1&son=https:\/\/f1.w.hjfile.cn\/file\/201107\/lesson171.MP3&autoplay=no&caption=false&lrc=&autoreplay=1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=200&height=20\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie:&nbsp; Thanks for spending your spring festival with us, and welcome to Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Wo shi Yajie.<br \/>  \tCam:&nbsp; And wo shi Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, tell me more about China&rsquo;s biggest celebration&hellip;<br \/>  \tYJ:&nbsp; Well, New Years day is often spent visiting neighbours, family and friends.&nbsp; And we are going to learn more about that today.<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Key words of the day<\/strong><br \/>  \tthe first day of the lunar New Year,\u5927\u5e74\u521d\u4e00 give New Year&rsquo;s greetings \u62dc\u5e74. Happy Spring festival \u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\u3002I wish you earn more money \u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22\uff0cI wish you good health, \u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7, all the best. \u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f all in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>  \tC: Yajie, is there any Chinese name for the first day of the lunar New Year?<br \/>  \tY: sure. it&rsquo;s zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1.<br \/>  \tC: zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1<br \/>  \tY: zheng1 yue4 means lunar January<br \/>  \tC: zheng1 yue4,<br \/>  \tY: chu1 yi1, means the beginning of the lunar New Year<br \/>  \tC: chu1 yi1.<br \/>  \tY: zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1. The first day of the lunar New Year<br \/>  \tC: zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1. \u6b63\u6708\u521d\u4e00<br \/>  \tY: you can also say da4 nian2 chu1 yi1, \u5927\u5e74\u521d\u4e00<br \/>  \tC: da4 nian2 chu1 yi1. Then what do you usually do on the first day of the lunar New Year?<br \/>  \tY: usually we are dressed in new clothes and drop by to greet neighbors, friends and colleagues. we call it bai4 nian2 \u62dc\u5e74<br \/>  \tC: bai4 nian2.<br \/>  \tY: bai4 means to pay a visit<br \/>  \tC: bai4<br \/>  \tY: nian2 means new year<br \/>  \tC: nian2<br \/>  \tY: bai4 nian2, give spring festival greetings<br \/>  \tC: bai4 nian2<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversation1:<br \/>  \t\uff11\uff09A: \u4eca\u5929\u662f\u5927\u5e74\u521d\u4e00\u3002\u6211\u7ed9\u5927\u5bb6\u62dc\u5e74\u4e86\u3002<br \/>  \tB: \u8c22\u8c22\u3002 \u4e5f\u7ed9\u4f60\u62dc\u4e2a\u5e74\uff01<\/p>\n<p>  \tC: then what should I say when giving New Year&rsquo;s greetings?<br \/>  \tY: there are many choices&hellip; for a fairly easy one, you can say chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4.\u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\u3002<br \/>  \tC: chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4.<br \/>  \tY: chun1 jie2, spring festival,<br \/>  \tC: chun1 jie2<br \/>  \tY: kuai4 le4 means happy,<br \/>  \tC: kuai4 le4<br \/>  \tY: chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4 Happy Spring Festival.<br \/>  \tC: chun1 jie2 kuai4 le4<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversation 2<br \/>  \tA:&nbsp; \u795d\u60a8\u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<br \/>  \tB:\u3000\u4e5f\u795d\u60a8\u5168\u5bb6\u6625\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\uff01\u3000<\/p>\n<p>  \tC: what else do you have for greetings?<br \/>  \tY: There is another common one in Mandarin it&rsquo;s: &quot;Gong1 Xi3 Fa1 Cai2&quot;<br \/>  \tC: &quot;Gong Xi Fa Cai&quot;, what does it mean? \u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22\uff0c<br \/>  \tY: it means I wish you earn more money,<br \/>  \tC: that must be a very good greeting for merchants.<br \/>  \tY: You bet. It&rsquo;s also popular to say it in Cantonese: &quot;Kung Hei Fat Choi&quot;<br \/>  \tC:&nbsp; &quot;Kung Hei Fat Choi&quot;<br \/>  \tY: if you want to wish someone good health, you can say &ldquo;shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1.&rdquo;<br \/>  \tC: shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1.\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7,<br \/>  \tY: shen1 ti3 means body,<br \/>  \tC: shen1 ti3<br \/>  \tY: jian4 kang1, healthy,<br \/>  \tC: jian4 kang1<br \/>  \tY: shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1 I wish you a fit body.<br \/>  \tC: shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1 Yajie, is there a Chinese equivalent for &ldquo;All the best&rdquo; ?<br \/>  \tY: That&rsquo;s the next greeting that I&rsquo;m going to tell you. In Chinese it&rsquo;s &ldquo;wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4&rdquo;<br \/>  \tC: &ldquo;wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4&rdquo; \u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f\u3002<br \/>  \tY: wan4 shi4 means everything, the all,&nbsp;<br \/>  \tC: wan4 shi4,<br \/>  \tY: ru2 yi4 means as one&rsquo;s wishes,<br \/>  \tC: ru2 yi4<br \/>  \tY: &ldquo;wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4&rdquo; All the best.<br \/>  \tC: &ldquo;wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  \tConversation 3:&nbsp;<br \/>  \tA:\u3000\u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22\uff0c\u751f\u610f\u5174\u9686\u3002<br \/>  \tB: \u795d\u60a8\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\uff0c\u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f\u3002\u3000<\/p>\n<p>  \tYajie:&nbsp; Happy spring festival everyone.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s been a pleasure doing this week&rsquo;s show.<br \/>  \tCam:&nbsp; And it&rsquo;s been a pleasure for me to learn.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time for our question of the day.&nbsp; How do you say, &ldquo;happy spring festival&rdquo;\u3000in Chinese?&nbsp; Send your answer to Chinese@crifm.com.<br \/>  \tYJ:&nbsp; If you have the right answer, you might even win a prize from us!&nbsp; Ming tian jian.<br \/>  \tCam:&nbsp; Mingtian jian!<\/p>\n<p>  \t(Written by Cam &#038; Yajie)<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1386943422\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yajie:&nbsp; Thanks for spending your spring festival with us, and welcome to Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Wo shi Yajie.<br \/>\n  \tCam:&nbsp; And wo shi Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, tell me more about China&rsquo;s biggest celebration&hellip;<br \/>\n  \tYJ:&nbsp; Well, New Years day is often spent visiting neighbours, family and friends.&nbsp; And we are going to learn more about that today.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[98,302,151,264],"class_list":["post-16385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-examination","tag-chinese-studio","tag-in-mandarin","tag-mandarin","tag-one-in-mandarin"],"views":217,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}