Vocabulary of Chinese New Year

Vocabulary of Chinese New Year

農曆 lunar calendar

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正月 lunar January

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除夕 New Year's Eve

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初一 the beginning of New Year

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對聯 poetic couplet

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買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival 

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鞭炮 firecrackers 

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紅包 red packets / red envelope

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舞獅 lion dance 

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舞龍 dragon dance 

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戲曲 traditional opera

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雜耍 vaudeville

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守歲 staying-up

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拜年 give New Year's greetings / New Year's visit

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去晦氣 get rid of the ill-fortune

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壓歲錢 gift money / money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

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除舊歲 bid farewell to the old year

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年糕 Nian-gao 

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團圓飯 family reunion dinner

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 瓜子 red melon seed

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金桔 cumquat

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糖蓮子 candied lotus seed

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花生糖 peanut candy

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餃子dumpling

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