"Lantern" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dēng lóng lantern
 dēng lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
 dēng zhǎn lantern / uncovered oil lamp
 huàn dēng lantern slides
 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings
 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
 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
 tiǎo dēng to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
 Hóng dēng jì The Legend of the Red Lantern
 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / fig. constant busy circulation of people
 huá dēng light / decorated lantern
 bīng dēng ice lantern
 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
 lóng dēng dragon lantern
 mǎ dēng barn lantern / kerosene lamp
 yuán yè Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]
 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom) / fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
 Chūn dēng mí Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春節|春节)
 dēng lóng yú lantern fish
 hóng gū niang Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi
 suān jiāng Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi
 tiān dēng sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
 Dà hóng Dēng lóng Gāo gāo Guà Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]
 kǒng míng dēng sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
 pǎo 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] / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
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