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

shí jié season; time
晝夜律 zhòu yè jié lǜ circadian rhythm
yǒu jié segmented
制 yǒu jié zhì temperate; moderate; restrained
mù jié gnarl; knag
未刪版 wèi shān jié bǎn unabridged edition; uncut edition
mò jié inessentials; minor detail
油 sōng jié yóu turpentine
zhī jié branches and knots; fig. side issue; minor peripheral problem
橫生 zhī jié héng shēng side issues keep arising (idiom)
松操 bǎi jié sōng cāo chaste widowhood
植樹 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]
橫生枝 héng shēng zhī jié to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
sǐ jié to die or be martyred for a noble cause; to be faithful unto death
xùn jié to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
母親 mǔ qīn jié Mother's Day
每逢佳倍思親 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])
毛誕 máo dàn jié Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
qì jié moral integrity; unflinching righteousness
清明 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
清談目 qīng tán jié mù talk show
清風勁 qīng fēng jìng jié pure and high-minded (idiom)
潑水 pō shuǐ jié Songkran (Thai New Year)
火把 huǒ bǎ jié Torch Festival
路 wū jié lù Orchard Road, Singapore (shopping and tourist area)