纪念日 (jì niàn rì) — commemorative day; anniversary; memorial day
Definition
纪念日 is a specific day marked for remembrance (a wedding anniversary, National Day, a memorial). 纪念 is the verb/noun 'to commemorate'; 周年 is the numbered anniversary itself (e.g. 十周年).
noun
commemorative dayanniversarymemorial day
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 纪念日。Xià ge yuè shì wǒ men jié hūn shí zhōu nián de jì niàn rì.Next month is our tenth wedding anniversary.
- 纪念日，。Guó qìng jì niàn rì nà tiān, jiē shàng guà mǎn le guó qí.On National Day, the streets are full of national flags.
- 纪念日，。Měi nián zhè ge jì niàn rì, wǒ men dōu huì qù sǎo mù.Every year on this memorial day, we go to sweep the graves.
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