盤點春節(jié)相關詞匯

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