| 圣诞节 |
Shèng dàn jié |
Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas |
| 圣 |
kū |
(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables) |
| 圣 |
shèng |
variant of 圣 |
| 圣 |
shèng |
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy; sacred |
| 圣诞 |
Shèng dàn |
Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday |
| 诞 |
dàn |
birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase |
| 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) |