| 元宵节 |
Yuán xiāo jié |
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar |
| 元 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) |
| 元 |
yuán |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon |
| 元宵 |
yuán xiāo |
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings |
| 宵 |
xiāo |
night |
| 节 |
jiē |
see 节骨眼 |
| 节 |
jié |
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) |