jié
festival
holiday
node
joint
section
segment
part
to economize
to save
to abridge
moral integrity
classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
CL:個|个[ge4]
jié mù
program
item (on a program)
CL:臺|台[tai2],個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
Shèng dàn jié
Christmas time
Christmas season
Christmas
huán jié
round segment
segment (of annelid worms)
connection
link
sector
annular ring
tiáo jié
to adjust
to regulate
to harmonize
to reconcile (accountancy etc)
jié rì
holiday
festival
CL:個|个[ge4]
Chūn jié
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Wàn shèng jié
All Saints (Christian festival)
jì jié
time
season
period
CL:個|个[ge4]
jié yuē
to economize
to conserve (resources)
economy
frugal
xiǎo jié
a minor matter
trivia
bar (music)
jié shěng
saving
to save
to use sparingly
to cut down on
jié néng
to save energy
energy-saving
jié yù
to practice birth control
jié xuǎn
excerpt
selection (from a book)
to select
to choose an extract
jié zhì
to control
to restrict
to moderate
to temper
moderation
sobriety
to administer
Fèng jié
Fengjie county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
jié shí
to save food
to go on a diet
jié zòu
rhythm
tempo
musical pulse
cadence
beat
guò jié
to celebrate a festival
after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
mò jié
inessentials
minor detail
Bì jié
Bijie city and prefecture in Guizhou
guān jié
joint (physiology)
key point
critical phase
shān jié
to abridge
to cut a text down to size for publication
jié néng dēng
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
Fù nǚ jié
International Women's Day (March 8)
láo dòng jié
International Labor Day (May Day)
Chóng yáng jié
Double Ninth or Yang Festival
9th day of 9th lunar month
duān wǔ jié
The Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
liù yī Ér tóng Jié
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
guǎng bō jié mù
radio program
broadcast schedule
jié yóu
to economize on gasoline
fuel-efficient
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
Zhōng qiū jié
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
Qīng míng jié
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
jié diàn
to save electricity
power saving
jié liú
to control flow
to choke
weir valve
a throttle
a choke
Guó qìng jié
PRC National Day (October 1st)
Qīng nián Jiè
Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for youths of 14 and upwards
qī xī jié
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
féng nián guò jié
at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
Jiào shī jié
Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
xuǎn xiù jié mù
talent show
talent competition
diàn yǐng jié
film festival
CL:屆|届[jie4]
èr shí sì jié qi
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
xīn chūn jiā jié
Chinese New Year festivities
qín jiǎn jié yuē
diligent and thrifty (idiom)
Zhí shù Jié
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quán mín Yì wù Zhí shù Rì]
kāi yuán jié liú
lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure
Bì jié dì qū
Bijie prefecture in Guizhou
là bā jié
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
bù jū xiǎo jié
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
dēng jié
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
gōng nèi jié yù qì
intrauterine device (IUD)
Jiàn Dǎng Jié
CPC Founding Day (July 1st)
Fèng jié xiàn
Fengjie county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
jié zú dòng wù
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs
same as 節肢動物|节肢动物[jie2 zhi1 dong4 wu4]
Guó jì Láo dòng Jié
May Day
International Labor Day (May 1)
jié lù
to extract
to excerpt
excerpt
jié dù shǐ
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
jié cāo
integrity
moral principle
guān jié náng
articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
zhēn jié
chastity
virginity (of women)
moral integrity (of men)
loyalty
constancy
Guó jì Ér tóng Jié
International Children's Day (June 1)
biàn jié
betrayal
defection
turncoat
to change sides politically
gāo fēng liàng jié
of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
guān jié miàn
articular facet (anatomy)
surface in joint
jié yī suō shí
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
guān jié qiāng
articular cavity
joint cavity
jié gu yǎn
critical juncture
crucial moment
pán gēn cuò jié
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky
knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
zhī jié
branches and knots
fig. side issue
minor peripheral problem
Bì jié shì
Bijie city, capital of Bijie prefecture, Guizhou
jié wài shēng zhī
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
Kāi zhāi jié
Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan
wèi shān jié bǎn
unabridged edition
uncut edition
dān yīn jié
monosyllabic
a monosyllable
gǔ ěr bāng jié
Eid al-Azha festival of sacrifice on tenth of twelfth month of Muslim lunar calendar
shuāng shí jié
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of 10th October 1911
Taiwanese national holiday with a patriotic and militarist flavor
Guó jì Fù nǚ Jié
International Women's Day (March 8)
fán wén rù jié
convoluted and over-elaborate (document)
unnecessarily elaborate writing
mumbo-jumbo
wū jié lù
Orchard Road, Singapore (shopping and tourist area)
shǒu jié
faithful (to the memory of betrothed)
constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
shī jié
to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc)
to lose one's chastity
jié chē
a train
articulated vehicle
zhào zì jié
megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
Xuě dùn jié
Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
wǔ yuè jié
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Jiàng lín jié
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
shǐ jié tuán
a diplomatic group
a delegation
héng shēng zhī jié
to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
Wàn shèng jié qián xī
All Saints' Eve
Halloween
Tú yāo jié
Deepavali (Hindu festival)
xì wēi mò jié
tiny insignificant details
niceties
yú yuè jié
Passover (Jewish holiday)
Ròu zī jié
see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2]
yí jié
etiquette
ceremonial protocol
zhī jié wèn tí
side issue
peripheral complication
Guāng míng jié
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)
also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
zhù jié
resident
permanently stationed
huā zhāo jié
Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
èr jié gùn
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
xún huán jié
recurring section of a rational decimal
lìng jié
festive season
happy time
noble principle
duō yīn jié cí
polysyllabic word
Chinese word made up of three or more characters
jīn jié
lit. muscles and joints
by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc
huán jié dòng wù mén
Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms
bài jié
to pay respects during a festival
Shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié
Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
wàn líng jié
All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)
Yē sū shēng tiān jié
Ascension day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
jí zì jié
gigabyte (2^30 or approximately a billion bytes)
bēi gōng qū jié
to bow and scrape
to act servilely
xiè ròu jié
carnival (esp. Christian)
Shèng tǐ jié
Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
zhī jié héng shēng
side issues keep arising (idiom)
Shèng zhú jié
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
zhé jié dú shū
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
mù shén jié
Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
dà zhāi jié
great fast
Christian lent
Jī dū Shèng tǐ jié
Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
gāo fēng jùn jié
a high class upright character (idiom)
Tiān shǐ bào xǐ jié
Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March)
Lady day
Suān nǎi jié
Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
Yán cāng shǐ jié tuán
the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
shèng huī jié
Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
Hā nǔ kǎ jié
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)
also called 光明節|光明节 and simply 哈努卡
chóng fù jié
repeated segment (networking)
shèng xīn jié
Feast of the Sacred Heart
gōng hè jiā jié
season's greetings (idiom)
qīng fēng jìng jié
pure and high-minded (idiom)
Yē sū Jiàng lín jié
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
jié shàng shēng zhī
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
Sà gá dá wá jié
Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday
gū jie r
short length
small section or portion
lí jié
chastity of a widow (old usage)
jié liú tà bǎn
throttle pedal
accelerator
yī gū jie r de líng chī
to snack in dribs and drabs
jié jié
step by step
little by little
jiē gu yǎn
(dialect) critical juncture
crucial moment
Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
jiē gu yǎn r
erhua variant of 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
jié liè
(of a woman) indomitably chaste
jié āi shùn biàn
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
jiē
see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
suō yī jié shí
to economize on clothes and food
to scrimp and save (idiom)
Yē sū Shēng tiān jié
Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
Qīng nián jié
Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for youths of 14 and upwards
Shuāng shí jié
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[Wu3 chang1 Qi3 yi4] of October 10th, 1911
(Taiwan) National Day
tōng guān jié
to facilitate by means of bribery
mài guān jié
to solicit a bribe
to accept a bribe
zhēn jié pái fāng
memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow
pán gēn cuò jié
variant of 盤根錯節|盘根错节[pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2]
Wàn líng jié
All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)
Wàn shèng jié Qián xī
All Saints' Eve
Halloween
Shèng fó míng jié
Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
Duān yáng jié
see 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]
Duān wǔ jié
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Guó jì Fù nǚ jié
International Women's Day (March 8)
Guó jì Ér tóng jié
International Children's Day (June 1)
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
lì xíng jié yuē
to practice strict economy (idiom)
Láo dòng jié
International Labor Day (May Day)
Duò shǒu jié
(jocularly) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day
Liù Yī Ér tóng jié
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
Bā yī Jiàn jūn jié
see 建軍節|建军节[Jian4 jun1 jie2]
Guāng gùn jié
Singles' Day, celebrated on November 11 (11⁄11)
Wǔ yuè jié
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Zhōng yuán jié
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
dà jié
major festival
important matter
major principle
high moral character
Fèng jié Xiàn
Fengjie County in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
qì jié
moral integrity
unflinching righteousness
xùn jié
to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
Zhí shù jié
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]
Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì
CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special
abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3]
Qín rén jié
(jocularly) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day
bá jié qī
elongation stage
jointing stage (agriculture)
Jiàn dǎng jié
CPC Founding Day (July 1st)
Zǎi shēng jié
see 古爾邦節|古尔邦节[Gu3 er3 bang1 jie2]
Sòng gān jié
Songkran (Thai New Year festival)
Fù nǚ jié
International Women's Day (March 8)
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