jié

knot, node, joint; section

DEFINITIONS

節 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]
節 jiē
  • see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

WORDS

詩 yī jié shī stanza
七夕 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
三八 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8)
鞭 sān jié biān three-section staff (old-style weapon)
不拘小 bù jū xiǎo jié to not bother about trifles (idiom)
中元 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
中秋 zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
主顯 zhǔ xiǎn jié Epiphany
二十四氣 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
棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
五旬 wǔ xún jié Pentecost
五月 wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
亞音單位 yà yīn jié dān wèi subsyllabic unit
lìng jié festive season; happy time; noble principle
住棚 zhù péng jié Sukkot or Succoth, Jewish holiday
jiā jié festive day; holiday
使 shǐ jié (diplomatic) envoy
使團 shǐ jié tuán a diplomatic group; a delegation
yí jié etiquette; ceremonial protocol
元宵 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
兆字 zhào zì jié megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
光明 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
光棍 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
流 quán jié liú full throttle; top speed
棍 liǎng jié gùn nunchaku
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