中秋节
Mid-Autumn Festival
HSK 6 · 84 words · 96% within level · 3 new words
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The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, and it is a holiday Chinese people take seriously.
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The moon on that night is the fullest and brightest of the year.
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Families gather to eat mooncakes and chat.
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There are many kinds of mooncake, some sweet and some savoury.
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Besides eating mooncakes, some places light lanterns and guess lantern riddles.
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Those who cannot go home call their families and talk about how life has been lately.
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The meaning of the festival is really just one word: reunion.
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- 中秋节zhōng qiū jiéHSK 5the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
- 在zàiHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 农历nóng lìnewthe traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
- 八bāHSK 1eight; all around, all sides
- 月yuèHSK 1moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
- 十shíHSK 1ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 五wǔHSK 1five; surname
- 是shìHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
- 中国zhōng guóHSK 1China
- 人rénHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
- 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
- 重视zhòng shìHSK 2to attach importance to sth; to value
- 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
- 节日jié rìHSK 2holiday; festival
- 这zhèHSK 1this, the, here
- 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
- 天tiānHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 月亮yuè liangHSK 2the moon
- 年niánHSK 1year; new-years; person's age
- 里lǐHSK 1unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
- 最zuìHSK 1most, extremely, exceedingly
- 圆yuánHSK 4circle; round, circular; complete
- 亮liàngHSK 1bright, brilliant, radiant, light
- 家人jiā rénHSK 1family member; (old) servant
- 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
- 聚jùHSK 4assemble, meet together, collect
- 一起yī qǐHSK 1in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
- 一边yī biānHSK 1one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- 吃chīHSK 1eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
- 月饼yuè bǐngHSK 5mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
- 聊liáoHSK 4somewhat, slightly, at least
- 有yǒuHSK 1have, own, possess; exist
- 多种duō zhǒngHSK 4many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
- 甜tiánHSK 3sweet, sweetness
- 也yěHSK 1also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
- 咸xiánHSK 4together; all, completely; united; hexagram ䷞
- 除了chú leHSK 3besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for)
- 有些yǒu xiēHSK 1some; somewhat
- 地方dì fangHSK 1area; place; space; room; territory
- 还háiHSK 1still, yet, also, besides
- 点diǎnHSK 1dot, speck, spot; point, degree
- 灯笼dēng lóngnewlantern
- 猜cāiHSK 4guess, conjecture, suppose; feel
- 灯dēngHSK 2lantern, lamp
- 谜míHSK 5riddle, conundrum; puzzle
- 不bùHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 能néngHSK 1to be able; can, permitted to; ability
- 回家huí jiāHSK 1to return home
- 给gěiHSK 1give; by, for
- 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1to make a telephone call
- 说shuōHSK 1speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
- 最近zuì jìnHSK 2recently; soon; nearest
- 生活shēng huóHSK 2to live; life; livelihood
- 个gèHSK 1numerary adjunct, piece; single
- 意思yì siHSK 2idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 其实qí shíHSK 3actually; in fact; really
- 就是jiù shìHSK 3exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if
- 团圆tuán yuánnewto have a reunion
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