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庆祝 (qìng zhù) — to celebrate

Definition

庆祝 marks a public or group celebration of an event (New Year, success, anniversary). Use 祝贺 to congratulate a person instead of marking the occasion.

verb
to celebrate

Examples

  • 庆祝。
    Dà jiā zhǔn bèi yì qǐ qìng zhù xīn nián.
    Everyone is preparing to celebrate the New Year together.
  • 庆祝。
    Wǒ men chéng gōng yǐ hòu yí dìng yào hǎo hǎo qìng zhù.
    We must celebrate properly after our success.
  • ，庆祝。
    Tā shōu dào le hǎo duō lǐ wù, fēi cháng kāi xīn dì qìng zhù zhe.
    She received a lot of gifts and was celebrating very happily.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

庆qìngcelebrate
祝zhùwish

庆 means celebrate and 祝 means wish, together expressing celebration.

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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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

祝 shows a kneeling person with an open mouth beside an altar.

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