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Trad. 節
- joint; node
- (bound form) section; segment
- solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
- seasonal festival
- (bound form) to economize; to save
- (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
- classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
- knot (nautical miles per hour)
Trad. 環節
- (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)
- (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
Trad. 過節
- to celebrate a festival
- after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
Trad. 死節
- to die or be martyred for a noble cause
- to be faithful unto death
Trad. 守節
- faithful (to the memory of betrothed)
- constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
Trad. 殉節
- to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
Trad. 失節
- to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc)
- to lose one's chastity
Trad. 貞節
- chastity
- virginity (of women)
- moral integrity (of men)
- loyalty
- constancy
Trad. 雙節
- combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节[Zhong1 qiu1 jie2] falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020)
- binodal
- two-section
Trad. 大節
- major festival
- important matter
- major principle
- high moral character
Trad. 筋節
- lit. muscles and joints
- by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc
Trad. 節令
- solar term; seasonal division (one of 24 periods in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, governing agricultural timing and cultural festivals)
Trad. 節制
- to control
- to restrict
- to moderate
- to temper
- moderation
- sobriety
- to administer
Trad. 調節
- to adjust
- to regulate
- to harmonize
- to reconcile (accountancy etc)
Trad. 駐節
- (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on an official posting
Trad. 節目
- (TV or radio) program; show
- item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event)
- a planned activity (in one's schedule)
- CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4]
Trad. 吉字節
- gigabyte (2^30 or approximately a billion bytes)
Trad. 酸奶節
- Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
Trad. 中秋節
- the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
Trad. 青年節
- Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
Trad. 元宵節
- Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
Trad. 萬靈節
- All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)
Trad. 烏節路
- Orchard Road, Singapore (shopping and tourist area)
Trad. 清明節
- Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
Trad. 雙十節
- Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[Wu3 chang1 Qi3 yi4] of October 10th, 1911
- (Tw) National Day
Trad. 重陽節
- Double Ninth or Yang Festival
- 9th day of 9th lunar month
Trad. 七夕節
- Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month
- girls' festival
- Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting
Trad. 竹節草
- Mackie's pest; lovegrass (Chrysopogon aciculatus)
Trad. 開齋節
- (Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
Trad. 光明節
- Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)
- also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
Trad. 光棍節
- Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
Trad. 購物節
- shopping festival; large-scale promotional sales event (e.g. Singles' Day 雙十一|双十一[Shuang1 Shi2 yi1])
Trad. 奉節縣
- Fengjie, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
Trad. 降臨節
- Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
Trad. 剁手節
- (jocular) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day
Trad. 五月節
- Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Trad. 聖體節
- Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
Trad. 雪頓節
- Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
Trad. 兆字節
- megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
Trad. 教師節
- Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
Trad. 牧神節
- Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
Trad. 關節囊
- articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
Trad. 中元節
- Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
Trad. 二節棍
- nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
Trad. 臘八節
- Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
Trad. 花朝節
- Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
Trad. 端午節
- Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Trad. 節度使
- Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
Trad. 擒人節
- (jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day