Category: Polular Word

Popular Word – 剩女

shuĭ huò
水货
Gray import goods; smuggled goodsshăn hūn
闪婚
Flash marriage. This Chinese term originated in the early 21st century to describe a marriage between partners who wed after knowing one another for less than 7 months.

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Popular Word – 祭祖

qīng míng jié
清明节
The Qingming Festival ("Tomb-sweeping Day"), meaning Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day after the Spring Equinox). It usually occurs around the first week of April. For Chinese, it is a day to visit graves and remember and honor one’s ancestors.

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Popular Word – 拜年

tiē chūn lián
贴春联
Post a spring couplet. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will post on their door a spring couplet written on red paper creating a happy and prosperous environment for the Festival. In the past, the Chinese often wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to doit it for them; nowadays it is common for people to buy a printed spring couplet in the market.

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