每年的4月5号前后是清明节。
这是中国的传统节日，也是一个重要的节气，已经有两千五百多年的历史了。
现在清明节会有三天的公共假期。
到了清明，气温变暖，降雨增多。
这个节日，中国人的主要习俗是吃寒食；
扫墓，纪念死去的亲人；
做户外运动，比如放风筝、春游等。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 每年 | měi nián | every year / each year / yearly |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 号 | hào | (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category |
| 前后 | qián hòu | around / all around |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 清明节 | Qīng míng jié | Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | traditional / conventional |
| 节日 | jié rì | holiday / festival |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 节气 | jié qì | solar term |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 历史 | lì shǐ | history |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 三天 | sān tiān | three days; a three-day period |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public; common; communal |
| 假期 | jià qī | vacation |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 清明 | Qīng míng | Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms / Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) |
| 气温 | qì wēn | air temperature |
| 变暖 | biàn nuǎn | to become warm |
| 降雨 | jiàng yǔ | precipitation / rainfall |
| 增多 | zēng duō | to increase / to grow in number |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this / (adjective) this |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 习俗 | xí sú | custom / tradition / local tradition / convention |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 寒食 | hán shí | cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival) / the Qingming festival |
| 扫墓 | sǎo mù | to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) |
| 纪念 | jì niàn | to commemorate; to honor the memory of |
| 死去 | sǐ qù | to die |
| 亲人 | qīn rén | one's close relatives |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 户外 | hù wài | outdoor |
| 运动 | yùn dòng | to exercise / sports / exercise |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 放风筝 | fàng fēng zhēng | to fly a kite |
| 春游 | chūn yóu | spring outing / spring excursion |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |