万 圣 节 前 夕

Wàn shèng jié Qián xīdictionary entry

All Saints' Eve / Halloween

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

萬聖節前夕万圣节前夕 [Wan4 sheng4 jie2 Qian2 xi1] /All Saints' Eve/Halloween/

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Other forms in these source records: 萬聖節前夕

万
mò
used in 万俟[Mò qí]
wàn
ten thousand / a great number
Wàn
surname Wan
圣
kū
(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
shèng
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred
节
jiē
see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jiē gu yǎn]
jié
joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
前
qián
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
夕
xī
(bound form) sunset / dusk / (bound form) evening / night / Taiwan pr. [xì]

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