盤點春節(jié)相關詞匯

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春節(jié)聯(lián)歡晚會 Spring Festival Gala / Chinese New Year Gala

例句：
Whether they watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala or its rivals, Chinese people will surely enjoy themselves on Lunar New Year's Eve.
無論是觀看央視春晚還是觀看其競爭對手的節(jié)目,，中國人無疑都會盡情地享受一個快樂的除夕。

節(jié)日相關詞匯：
農歷 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 Lunar New Year's Eve
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵節(jié) the Lantern Festival

習俗相關詞匯：
對聯(lián) poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
春聯(lián) Spring Festival couplets
剪紙 paper-cuts
年畫 New Year paintings
買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival

食物相關詞匯：
年糕 rice cake; New Year cake
團圓飯 family reunion dinner
年夜飯 the dinner on New Year's Eve
餃子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
湯圓 dumplings made of sweet rice
八寶飯 Chinese rice pudding
糖果盤 candy tray
糖蓮子 candied lotus seed
花生糖 peanut candy

其他詞匯：
敬酒 propose a toast
煙花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers
紅包 red envelopes
燈謎 riddles written on lanterns
燈會 exhibit of lanterns
守歲 staying-up
拜年 make New Year's call
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year
掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning