"Spring Festival" meaning in English

See Spring Festival in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Spring Festivals [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 春節/春节 (chūnjié, “Spring Festival”), the usual modern name for the holiday. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|春節|Spring Festival}} 春節/春节 (chūnjié, “Spring Festival”) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Spring Festival}} Spring Festival (plural Spring Festivals)
  1. (chiefly China) Chinese New Year Tags: China
    Sense id: en-Spring_Festival-en-noun-nFQDW2eD Categories (other): Chinese English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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