Tomb-Sweeping Day/Chinese Memorial Day/Ancestors' Day 清明節

This Sunday is the Tomb-sweeping Day.

這周日是清明節。

joss stick /joss paper 祭祀用的香

Each process would last the duration of a burning joss stick.

每一個步驟都會持續一炷香的時間。

They burn incense and joss paper with traditional national etiquette to offer sacrifices to the soul of ancestors.

他們根據傳統的民族禮儀焚香燒紙以拜祭祖先的靈魂。

arson 縱火；縱火罪

She was put into prison for arson.

她因縱火罪被關進監獄。

She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.

她是一起縱火案的無辜受害者。

filial piety 孝心

In a traditional Chinese family, filial piety is rigidly observed.

在傳統的中國家庭里，人們恪守孝道。

Filial piety is a cardinal virtue my people have brought over from China.

孝順是我的國人從中國帶來的基本美德。

drizzle 毛毛雨；下毛毛雨

The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling.

天色晦暗,細雨濛濛。

It drizzled off and on all day.

毛毛雨已經時停時續地下了一整天。

China hand 中國通

I heard that you are a China hand.

我聽說你是一個中國通。