| 光棍节 |
Guāng gùn jié |
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day |
| 光 |
guāng |
light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 光棍 |
guāng gùn |
gangster; hoodlum / bachelor; single man / (dialect) wise person; astute person |
| 棍 |
gùn |
stick; rod; truncheon / scoundrel; villain |
| 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) |