Meaning of 寒食
寒食 means Cold Food Festival; traditional festival; Qingming Festival (in some dialects). Pronounced hán shí.
- Cold Food Festival; traditional festival
- Qingming Festival (in some dialects)
Definitions & Examples
Hán寒
shí食
jié节
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
dài代
de的
zhòng重
yào要
jié节
rì日
zhī之
yī一
。
The Cold Food Festival was one of the important festivals in ancient China.
Táng唐
dài代
shī诗
rén人
Hán韩
Hóng翃
xiě写
guò过
zhù著
míng名
de的
《
Hán寒
shí食
》
shī诗
。
The Tang dynasty poet Han Hong wrote the famous poem 'Cold Food'.
Yǒu有
xiē些
dì地
fāng方
，
hán寒
shí食
hé和
qīng清
míng明
yǐ已
jīng经
hé合
wéi为
yī一
gè个
jié节
rì日
le了
。
In some regions, Cold Food and Qingming have merged into a single festival.