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Mother's Day
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day
the New Year festival
All Saints (Christian festival)
accented syllable / stress
to pay respects during a festival
Children's Day
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
April Fools' Day
White Day
season; time of year
Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
closed syllable
International Women's Day (March 8)
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
HSK 6
(idiom) diligent and thrifty
variety show
(jocular) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
International Children's Day (June 1)
International Women's Day (March 8)
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
(computing) byte / CL: 個|个
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
Beer Festival
minor details / trifles
details; particulars
HSK 4
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
moral integrity / unflinching righteousness
to adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc)
HSK 5
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
festival
to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
HSK 7-9
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
(music) bar line
radio program; broadcast program
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
to practice strict economy (idiom)
off-season; out-of-season
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
stanza
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
HSK 5
time / season / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
articular facet (anatomy) / surface in joint
syllable
HSK 2
intrauterine device (IUD)
major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character
byte count
Chinese New Year festivities
air conditioning
CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚
public holiday
HSK 6
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
a diplomatic group / a delegation
multibyte
knuckle
temperate / moderate / restrained
articular cavity / joint cavity
music festival
seasonal
season's greetings (idiom)
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs / same as 節肢動物|节肢动物
video program
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
May Day / International Labor Day (May 1)
etiquette
holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
CCP Founding Day (July 1st)
side issues keep arising (idiom)
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
to save electricity / power saving
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
chapter / section
festival season
television program
Easter
Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
International Labor Day (May Day)
to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc) / to lose one's chastity
a throttle
to extract / to excerpt / excerpt
betrayal / defection / turncoat / to change sides politically
great fast / Christian lent
Diwali (Hindu festival)
circadian rhythm
to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
beat (music) / meter
Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)

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