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庆典 (qìng diǎn) — grand celebration, ceremony (formal occasion)

Definition

庆典 names the event itself — a grand, formal celebration (anniversaries, national occasions). Compared with 仪式/典礼, it stresses scale and festivity, not procedural rite.

noun
grand celebrationceremony (formal occasion)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 庆典。
    Guó qìng qìng diǎn zài tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng jǔ xíng.
    The National Day celebration is held at Tiananmen Square.
  • 庆典。
    Gōng sī shí zhōu nián qìng diǎn yāo qǐng le suǒ yǒu yuán gōng.
    The company's tenth anniversary celebration invited all employees.
  • 庆典。
    Zhè chǎng qìng diǎn chí xù le zhěng zhěng sān tiān.
    This celebration lasted a full three days.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

庆qìngcelebration
典diǎnceremony

庆 names celebration and 典 names ceremony, so 庆典 means a grand celebratory ceremony.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 慶; 庆 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 庆 comes from the traditional 慶, which pairs 廌, drawn as an antelope, with 心, a heart; the heart part showed goodness or blessing, and obtaining such a beautiful animal was worth celebrating.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 冊冊cèbooks
  • 丌丌qítable

典 puts 冊 (books) on a 丌 (table), showing official books resting on a table.

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