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(j4B3eb(}2[)Cd0春节 The Spring Festival
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d$o-kj0农历 lunar calendar
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v6U _pN7l0除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
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元宵节 The Lantern Festival
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团圆饭 family reunion dinner
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v0年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve
LG @6x:BKT#av0饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
&_$j ^-TA4d0汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or
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八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding
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bX&\D"N-T0蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health食品伙伴个性空间%l!w:r6Lo%~/b!V
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西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity食品伙伴个性空间7_;g/b qu7e.j
金桔 cumquat - prosperity食品伙伴个性空间;rxy%A'j+A7l U
糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come食品伙伴个性空间6s\+}*c!m E b(l
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
u\2E8K,EE k dj0红枣 red dates - prosperity
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对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry食品伙伴个性空间
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年画 New Year paintings食品伙伴个性空间"G,H x Ta
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买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping食品伙伴个性空间sil'|'^7j
敬酒 propose a toast
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^:\ mW0灯笼 lantern: a portable light
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爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
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舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
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戏曲 traditional opera
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灯谜 riddles written on lanterns食品伙伴个性空间^Kn I q gC
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守岁 staying-up
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去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
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