盤點春節(jié)相關(guān)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(guān)詞匯：

農(nóng)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(xí)俗相關(guān)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(guān)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