英语热词 | 如何用英文介绍中国春节 2

阖家团圆

吃团圆饭:have a family reunion dinner
年夜饭:New Year"s Eve dinner
全家团圆:family reunion
办年货:do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒:propose a toast
穿新衣:wear new clothes
红包:red envelops
压岁钱:gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift

春节美食

年糕:rice cake;New Year cake
饺子:dumplings;Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆:dumplings made of sweet rice
八宝饭:eight-treasure rice pudding (steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
什锦糖:assorted candies - sweet and fortune
糖莲子:candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
花生糖:peanut candy - sweet
蜜冬瓜:candied winter melon - growth and good health

瓜子:red melon seeds - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity
金桔:cumquat - prosperity
红枣:red dates - prosperity
春卷:spring roll
冰糖葫芦:candied haws on a stick
驴肉火烧:donkey burger
腊肠:Chinese sausage
米酒:rice wine
腊肉:preserved meat
糖板栗:sugar chestnut
四喜丸子:four-joy meatballs
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
糖果盘 candy tray