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

This Sunday is the Tomb-sweeping Day.

这周日是清明节。

joss stick /joss paper 祭祀用的香

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

每一个步骤都会持续一炷香的时间。

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

他们根据传统的民族礼仪焚香烧纸以拜祭祖先的灵魂。

arson 纵火；纵火罪

She was put into prison for arson.

她因纵火罪被关进监狱。

She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.

她是一起纵火案的无辜受害者。

filial piety 孝心

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

在传统的中国家庭里，人们恪守孝道。

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

孝顺是我的国人从中国带来的基本美德。

drizzle 毛毛雨；下毛毛雨

The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling.

天色晦暗,细雨濛濛。

It drizzled off and on all day.

毛毛雨已经时停时续地下了一整天。

China hand 中国通

I heard that you are a China hand.

我听说你是一个中国通。