| 清明节 |
Qīng míng jié |
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) |
| 清 |
Qīng |
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911) / surname Qing |
| 清 |
qīng |
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts) |
| 清明 |
Qīng míng |
Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April / Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) |
| 清明 |
qīng míng |
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered |
| 明 |
Míng |
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God |
| 明 |
míng |
bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 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) |