Chunjie
Britishnoun
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It’s estimated that 2 billion people around the globe celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year, which is also known as Chunjie – the "Lunar New Year" or "Spring Festival" when translated to English.
From Fox News
Ducking and swiping our way through the plastic entrance curtains of Hong Kong Supermarket, we were two of 20 to 30 lapsed Chinese people who had waited to get their chunjie shopping done on New Year’s Day.
From New York Times
Families of those on the AirAsia flight "are luckier than us, because they know what happened soon afterward," said Song Chunjie, whose sister was on the plane on her way back from a photography holiday.
From Chicago Tribune
"I'm here for the clean air and old buildings," explained retired mine manager Wang Chunjie.
From BBC
Shao Chunjie, a district Communist Party secretary, told a gathering of demolition workers that they were the city’s “kindest, most venerable, most lovable, most capable of moving one to song and tears, most praiseworthy people,” according to a statement posted on an official website.
From New York Times
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