时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 圣诞节 聖誕節 shèng dàn jié Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas 节日 節日 jié rì holiday / festival / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 赛季 賽季 sài jì season (sports) 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 过节 過節 guò jié to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) syn 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 电影节 電影節 diàn yǐng jié film festival / CL:屆|届[jie4] 雨季 yǔ jì rainy season 音乐节 音樂節 yīn yuè jié music festival 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 时节 時節 shí jié season / time syn 调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placate syn 啤酒节 啤酒節 pí jiǔ jié Beer Festival 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 发情期 發情期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 艺术节 藝術節 yì shù jié arts festival 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 节庆 節慶 jié qìng festival 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 春节 春節 chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) syn 花会 花會 huā huì flower fair or festival 开锅 開鍋 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy syn 梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn 明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn 影展 yǐng zhǎn film festival / photography exhibition 灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 月饼 月餅 yuè bǐng mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) 时令 時令 shí lìng season syn 中秋节 中秋節 zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month syn 端午节 端午節 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn 花期 huā qī the flowering season 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 花灯 花燈 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节) 早稻 zǎo dào early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe 重阳节 重陽節 chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn 元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 金马奖 金馬獎 jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 重阳 重陽 chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 万圣节 萬聖節 wàn shèng jié All Saints (Christian festival) 清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) 汛期 xùn qī flood season 年画 年畫 nián huà New Year (Spring Festival) picture 春联 春聯 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) syn 灯谜 燈謎 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year) 祭典 jì diǎn sacrificial ceremony / religious festival 香包 xiāng bāo a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival 年节 年節 nián jié the New Year festival syn 按季 àn jì according to season / quarterly 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 龙船 龍船 lóng chuán dragon boat (used at 端午[Duan1 wu3], the Dragon Boat Festival) syn 火把节 火把節 huǒ bǎ jié Torch Festival 社火 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc) 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 秋景 qiū jǐng autumn scenery / harvest season syn 金狮奖 金獅獎 jīn shī jiǎng Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 节 節 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) syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 俏 qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn 孟 mèng first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 古尔邦节 古爾邦節 gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar 重九 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month) 雄黄酒 雄黃酒 xióng huáng jiǔ realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]) 社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) 开斋节 開齋節 kāi zhāi jié (Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan 中元节 中元節 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 冬闲 冬閑 dōng xián slack winter season (farming) 冷天 lěng tiān cold weather / cold season 五月节 五月節 wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) syn 汨罗 汨羅 mì luó Miluo city in Hunan / Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival 那达慕 那達慕 nà dá mù Nadam or Games, Mongolian national harvest festival in July-August 游艺会 遊藝會 yóu yì huì folk festival / fair / carnival 无冬无夏 無冬無夏 wú dōng wú xià regardless of the season / all the year round 花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August syn 不违农时 不違農時 bù wéi nóng shí not miss the farming season / do farm work in the right season syn 生长季节 生長季節 shēng zhǎng jì jié growing season / vegetative season 反季 fǎn jì off-season / out-of-season 反季节 反季節 fǎn jì jié off-season / out-of-season 