An important solar term.
Winter Solstice!When it comes to the winter solstice, most friends will say, wow, I want to eat dumplings!
Today's question comes, you know the "winter solstice".
How do you say it in English?
Let's learn together.
How do you say "winter solstice" in English?
On the day of the winter solstice, the sun shines almost directly over the tropic of Capricorn, and the Northern Hemisphere experiences the shortest days and longest nights of the year.
Winter Solstice!The English expression is:
winter solstice
We don't see the word "solstice" very much, because it means "the time of either the longest day in the year (about June 22) or the shortest day in the year (about December 22)". In this way, the use of this word seems to be very limited. Basically, it is used for "winter solstice" and "summer solstice".
Example sentence: The winter solstice also marks the arrival ,of the coldest season in the year
The winter solstice also marks the arrival of the coldest season of the year.
after this day, many places in china go through the coldest period, which is called in chinese, “shu jiu”.
After the winter solstice, most of China experiences the coldest period, which the Chinese call "number nine".
in total, there are nine periods with nine days for each. in the first and second nine days, people keep their hands in pockets; in the third and fourth nine days, people can walk on ice; in the fifth and sixth nice days, people can see willows along the river bank; in the seventh and eighth nine days, the swallow comes back and in the ninth nine days, the yak starts working.
There are nine periods, each of which has nine days. In "19" and "29", you can keep your hands in your pockets to avoid the cold;"Thirty-nine" and "four-nine", the road will be icy;"Five-nine" and "six-nine", you can see the willow trees on the bank of the river budding;In the "Seventy-Nine" and "** Swallows return, and in the last "Ninety-Nine", the oxen begin to plow.
How do you say "making dumplings" in English?
The English expression for making dumplings is:make jiaozi
Rolling dumpling wrappers:roll out dumpling wraps
Example sentence: Can you make jiaozi?
Do you know how to make dumplings?
it's difficult for me to roll out jiaozi wraps.
Rolling dumpling wrappers is hard for me.
What do you say about the 24 solar terms?
The 24 solar terms
The beginning of spring
rain water
The waking of insects
The spring equinox
Pure brightness
Grain rain
The beginning of summer
Lesser fullness of grain
Miscanthus grain in beard
The Summer Solstice
Lesser heat
Greater heat
The beginning of autumn
The end of heat
White Dew
The autumn equinox
Cold dew
Frost falls's descent
立冬 the beginning of winter
Light Snow Lesser Snow
Greater snow
The winter solstice
Little Han Lesser Cold
大寒 greater cold
Okay, have you learned today's little knowledge?