每年一次的中秋節即將到來了。我給大家整理了所有和中秋有關的英語表達，讓我們一口月餅一個單詞，一起過中秋！



中秋節
Mid-Autumn Day
Mid-Autumn Festival

農歷
Chinese lunar calendar ['k?lind?] 

滿月
full moon

秋分前后的滿月
harvest moon

賞月
appreciating the moon;
moon gazing

拜月
moon worship

相聚
gathering

家人團圓
family reunion

月餅
mooncake

孔明燈
sky lantern; Kongming lantern

桂花酒
cassia wine 

燒香
burning incense

祭品
sacrificial offerings

儀式
ritual


燈謎
lantern riddles


▌ 中秋節，時在農歷八月十五，滿月當空。
Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night.


▌ 中秋之月最圓最亮，象征闔家團圓。
The moon is the brightest and roundest on this day which means family reunion.





 
中秋傳說

民間傳說
folklore

月神
lunar deity ['di:iti]
the Moon Goddess

嫦娥
Chang'e

玉兔

桂花樹
cassia tree;
osmanthus  [?z'm?nθ?s] tree

月宮
Moon Palace

長生不老藥
the elixir [i'liks?] of immortality

嫦娥奔月
Chang'e flying to the moon

玉兔搗藥
Jade Rabbit making heavenly medicine

▌ 羿請不死之藥于西王母。
Hou Yi traveled to the palace of Xi Wang Mu, the Queen Mother of the West, seeking her elixir of immortality.


▌ 羿妻嫦娥竊之奔月，托身于月。

Chang'e drank the elixirs that her husband had left behind and flew upwards towards the heavens, choosing the moon as residence.

 
月餅

油酥糕點
pastry

月餅餡
fillings

蓉
paste [peist] （糊狀物、膏）

五仁
five kernel

五仁叉燒
five kernel and roast pork 

紅豆
red bean paste

棗泥
jujube ['d?u:d?u:b] paste

蓮蓉
lotus seed paste

冬瓜蓉
melon seed paste

咸蛋黃
yolks from salted duck eggs

餅皮
crusts

酥皮
flaky crust
 
印花
imprint

冰皮
snow skin 
 
京式月餅
Beijing-style mooncakes

蘇式月餅
Suzhou-style mooncakes

滇式月餅
Yunnan-style moooncakes

潮汕月餅
Chaoshan-style mooncakes

廣式月餅
Cantonese-style mooncakes

港式月餅
Hong Kong-style mooncakes

甜味月餅和咸味月餅
 sweet and savory mooncakes

▌ 月餅多為油酥面皮包裹甜而厚的餡料。
Most mooncakes have a pastry skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling.

▌ 家人在中秋節分食月餅，寓意全家團團圓圓。
The sharing and eating of round mooncakes among family members during the festival signify the completeness and unity of families.



 
祝福

▌ 中秋快樂！
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

▌ 祝你和你的家人中秋快樂！
Wish you and your family a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

▌ 愿你的生活就象這十五的月亮一樣，圓圓滿滿。
Wish you a perfect life just like the roundest moon in Mid-Autumn Day.

▌ 皓月閃爍，星光閃耀，中秋佳節，美滿快樂！
A bright moon and stars twinkle and shine. Wishing you a merry Mid-Autumn Festival, bliss, and happiness.

▌ 舉杯遙祝：月圓人圓花好，事順業順家興。

I want to make a toast. I Wish that the round moon take my best blessing to you. May you have a happy family and a bright future.