Spring Festival

English

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 春節 / 春节 (Chūnjié), the usual modern name for the holiday.

Noun

Spring Festival (plural Spring Festivals)

  1. (chiefly China) Synonym of Chinese New Year.
    • 2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., page 192:
      Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate.
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