盘点春节相关词汇

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.

无论是观看央视春晚还是观看其竞争对手的节目，中国人无疑都会尽情地享受一个快乐的除夕。

节日相关词汇：

农历 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

元宵节 the Lantern Festival

习俗相关词汇：

对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

春联 Spring Festival couplets

剪纸 paper-cuts

年画 New Year paintings

买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival

食物相关词汇：

年糕 rice cake; New Year cake

团圆饭 family reunion dinner

年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve

饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli

汤圆 dumplings made of sweet rice

八宝饭 Chinese rice pudding

糖果盘 candy tray

糖莲子 candied lotus seed

花生糖 peanut candy

其他词汇：

敬酒 propose a toast

烟花 fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers

红包 red envelopes

灯谜 riddles written on lanterns

灯会 exhibit of lanterns

守岁 staying-up

拜年 make New Year's call

祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift

辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year

扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning