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Chunjie

In Chinese, “Chinese New Year” is neither Chinese nor even New Year, but the Spring Festival. This is no secret to students of Chinese: just look at the dictionary entries for the characters making up the holiday’s name. ...

For students of Chinese, this is no secret at all: just look at the dictionary entries for each character in the holiday’s name. Meet the word «Chunjie». For those wishing to look ahead, here are the dates of the holiday for the next seven years:

  • January 31, 2014
  • February 19, 2015
  • February 8, 2016
  • January 28, 2017
  • February 16, 2018
  • February 5, 2019
  • January 25, 2020

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