Spring Festival

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Spring Festival

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The Chinese New Year sense is a calque of Chinese 春節 /春节 (Chūnjié), the usual modern name for the holiday. By surface analysis, and when not referring to the Chinese holiday, a proprialization of spring + festival.

noun Spring Festivals

  1. China Synonym of Chinese New Year. They plan to visit Shanghai during Spring Festival.

    Similar: Chinese New Year

  2. sometimes Any other particular festival marking the beginning of spring. Our school's Spring Festival is next week.

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@misc{spring_festival_2026,
  title = {Spring Festival},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spring%20festival},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}