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Holidays in Chinese

holidays · HSK 4

节假日 jié jià rì

  1. 节 jié festival
  2. 假 jiǎ fake
  3. 日 rì day

节假日的火车票很难买。 Train tickets are hard to get during the holidays.

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How do you say holidays in Chinese?

Holidays in Chinese is 节假日 (jié jià rì).

Which word should I use?

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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