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Lunar New Year in Chinese / Japanese...

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Happy New Year

 xīn nián kuài lè
Happy New Year Scroll

If you want to wish someone a happy new year, 新年快樂 is the way.

You can hang this up during Western New Years (Dec 31st - Jan 1st) and keep it up until after Chinese New Year which happens in either January or February of each year (it changes from year to year because China uses a lunar calendar).

Broken Mirror Rejoined

Used in modern times for divorced couples that come back together

 pò jìng chóng yuán
Broken Mirror Rejoined Scroll

破鏡重圓 is about a husband and wife who were separated and reunited.

About 1500 years ago in China, there lived a beautiful princess named Le Chang. She and her husband Xu De Yan loved each other very much. But when the army of the Sui Dynasty was about to attack their kingdom, disposed of all of their worldly possessions and prepared to flee into exile.

They knew that in the chaos, they might lose track of each other, so the one possession they kept was a bronze mirror which is a symbol of unity for a husband and wife. They broke the mirror into two pieces, and each of them kept half of the mirror. They decided that if separated, they would try to meet at the fair during the 15th day of the first lunar month (which is the lantern festival). Unfortunately, the occupation was brutal, and the princess was forced to become the mistress of the new commissioner of the territory, Yang Su.

At the Lantern Festival the next year, the husband came to the fair to search for his wife. He carried with him his half of the mirror. As he walked through the fair, he saw the other half of the mirror for sale at a junk market by a servant of the commissioner. The husband recognized his wife's half of the mirror immediately, and tears rolled down his face as he was told by the servant about the bitter and loveless life that the princess had endured.

As his tears dripped onto the mirror, the husband scratched a poem into his wife's half of the mirror:


You left me with the severed mirror,
The mirror has returned, but absent are you,
As I gaze in the mirror, I seek your face,
I see the moon, but as for you, I see not a trace.


The servant brought the inscribed half of the mirror back to the princess. For many days, the princess could not stop crying when she found that her husband was alive and still loved her.

Commissioner Yang Su, becoming aware of this saga, realized that he could never obtain the princess's love. He sent for the husband and allowed them to reunite.

This proverb, 破鏡重圓, is now used to describe a couple who has been torn apart for some reason (usually divorce) but have come back together (or remarried).
It seems to be more common these days in America for divorced couples to reconcile and get married to each other again. This will be a great gift if you know someone who is about to remarry their ex.




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Not the results for Lunar New Year that you were looking for?

Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Lunar New Year search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

五福臨門


五福临门

see styles
wǔ fú lín mén
    wu3 fu2 lin2 men2
wu fu lin men

More info & calligraphy:

Blessings on this Home
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

年年有餘


年年有余

see styles
nián nián yǒu yú
    nian2 nian2 you3 yu2
nien nien yu yü

More info & calligraphy:

Year-In Year-Out Have Abundance
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year; (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

see styles
shuò
    shuo4
shuo
 hajime
    はじめ
beginning; first day of lunar month; north
(1) {astron} new moon; (2) first day of the lunar month; (3) (hist) next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end); (given name) Hajime

三元

see styles
sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 miyuki
    みゆき
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
(1) (See 上元,中元・1,下元) 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; (2) heaven, earth and man; (3) January 1; New Year's Day; (can act as adjective) (4) {chem} ternary; (female given name) Miyuki

團年


团年

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tuán nián
    tuan2 nian2
t`uan nien
    tuan nien
(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve; family reunion at New Year's

守歲


守岁

see styles
shǒu suì
    shou3 sui4
shou sui
to see in the New Year; to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve

年夜

see styles
nián yè
    nian2 ye4
nien yeh
lunar New Year's Eve

新春

see styles
xīn chūn
    xin1 chun1
hsin ch`un
    hsin chun
 niiharu / niharu
    にいはる
the beginning of Spring; the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
New Year; (surname) Niiharu

春節


春节

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chūn jié
    chun1 jie2
ch`un chieh
    chun chieh
 shunsetsu
    しゅんせつ
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Lunar New Year; Chinese New Year; Spring Festival

正月

see styles
zhēng yuè
    zheng1 yue4
cheng yüeh
 mutsuki
    むつき
first month of the lunar year
(1) New Year (esp. first three days); (2) first month of the year; January; (surname) Mutsuki
the first month of the year

正朔

see styles
zhēng shuò
    zheng1 shuo4
cheng shuo
 seisaku / sesaku
    せいさく
first day of the first lunar month; (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar; (given name) Seisaku

開春


开春

see styles
kāi chūn
    kai1 chun1
k`ai ch`un
    kai chun
beginning of spring; the lunar New Year

除夕

see styles
chú xī
    chu2 xi1
ch`u hsi
    chu hsi
 joseki
    じょせき
lunar New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve

八寶飯


八宝饭

see styles
bā bǎo fàn
    ba1 bao3 fan4
pa pao fan
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year

年三十

see styles
nián sān shí
    nian2 san1 shi2
nien san shih
last day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve

年夜飯


年夜饭

see styles
nián yè fàn
    nian2 ye4 fan4
nien yeh fan
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)

旧正月

see styles
 kyuushougatsu / kyushogatsu
    きゅうしょうがつ
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)

舊曆年


旧历年

see styles
jiù lì nián
    jiu4 li4 nian2
chiu li nien
lunar New Year

大年三十

see styles
dà nián sān shí
    da4 nian2 san1 shi2
ta nien san shih
last day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve

大年初一

see styles
dà nián chū yī
    da4 nian2 chu1 yi1
ta nien ch`u i
    ta nien chu i
Lunar New Year's Day

弓場始め

see styles
 yubahajime
    ゆばはじめ
(1) ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods); (2) first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

正月初一

see styles
zhēng yuè chū yī
    zheng1 yue4 chu1 yi1
cheng yüeh ch`u i
    cheng yüeh chu i
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar

農曆新年


农历新年

see styles
nóng lì xīn nián
    nong2 li4 xin1 nian2
nung li hsin nien
Chinese New Year; Lunar New Year

Variations:
十六日祭
十六日

 juurukunichii; juurukunichii; juurukunichii / jurukunichi; jurukunichi; jurukunichi
    じゅうるくにちい; ジュウルクニチー; ジュールクニチー
Jūrukunichī; New Year's Day of the Dead; Okinawan festival celebrated on the 16th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Happy New Year新年快樂
新年快乐
xīn nián kuài lè
xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4
xin nian kuai le
xinniankuaile
hsin nien k`uai le
hsinnienkuaile
hsin nien kuai le
Broken Mirror Rejoined破鏡重圓
破镜重圆
pò jìng chóng yuán
po4 jing4 chong2 yuan2
po jing chong yuan
pojingchongyuan
p`o ching ch`ung yüan
pochingchungyüan
po ching chung yüan
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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