蛋炒饭节 in English Dan4 chao3 fan4 jie2 Meaning

Meanings

  • Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)

Simplified Characters

蛋 炒 饭 节

Traditional Characters

蛋 炒 飯 節

Pinyin

Dan4 chao3 fan4 jie2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

蛋dan4variant of 蜑[Dan4] 炒chao3to sauté 饭fan4cooked rice 节jie2see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]