The Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day, celebrates the legend of the Weaver Girl (織女) and the Cowherd (牛郎). According to the lunar calendar, the festival falls on 29 August this year. This week, we’ll explore some words and an idiom related to the festival!

●Words to Know:

1. 情人節 tsîng-jîn-tseh (n.) Valentine’s Day

2. 織女 Tsit-lú (n.) Weaver Girl

3. 牛郎 Gû-nn̂g (n.) the Cowherd

4. 河溪 hô-khe (n.) Milky Way

5. 客鳥 kheh-tsiáu (n.) magpie

●Idiom of the week:

愛著較慘死 Ài--tio̍h khah tshám sí.

(Once you fall in love, it's more miserable than death.)