Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 - 七夕 Qixi Festival

七夕

 

Pinyin: qīxī
Meaning：Qixi Festival; the festival falls on the seventh evening of the 7th lunar month, on which the cowherd and weaver girl in Chinese mythology will run across the Milky Way to meet each other.
Sentence：今晚令人兴奋，因为七夕节到了。 It will be exciting tonight, because today is Qixi Festival.

 

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七：

Pinyin: qī
Meaning: seven; hepta
Radical: 一
Stokes: 2
Traditional: 七
Common words/Phrase:
七月[qīyuè ] 【July】
七嘴八舌 [qīzuǐ-bāshé] 【everybody talking at the same time】
七巧板 [qīqiǎobǎn] 【tangram】

 

夕：

Pinyin: xī
Meaning: evening
Radical: 夕
Stokes: 3
Traditional: 夕
Common words/Phrase:
夕阳 [xīyáng] 【the setting sun】
夕照 [xīzhào] 【afterglow】