How would you translate 端午の大一番?
My little brother asked me to translate a title for him since I just started learning Japanese and it seemed easy at first since I know what each words mean, but problem is I don't know how to put them together.
I know 端午 is duanwu/tango/dragon boat festival, so I went with "The greatest dragon boat festival". But when I asked my korean friend (who's better at japanese, but struggles with english) to proof check for me she translated it to "The showdown/duel of duanwu".
I'm inexperienced and confused, could someone help me out?

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Some kanji have more than one meaning, how you read and translate it depends on context. 
I have the has the same problem while trying to translate songs from Japanese to English.

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