春節 The Spring Festival
農歷 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
初壹 the beginning of New Year
元宵節 The Lantern Festival
Customs:
過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
對聯 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
春聯 Spring Festival couplets
剪紙 paper-cuts
年畫 New Year paintings
買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
燈籠 lantern: a portable light
煙花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
紅包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
舞獅 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
舞龍 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
戲曲 traditional opera
雜耍 variety show; vaudeville
燈謎 riddles written on lanterns
燈會 exhibit of lanterns
守歲 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
Culture Note: In the old days, New Year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. Today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth
辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year
掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
Blessings:
金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home
生意興隆 Business flourishes
歲歲平安 Peace all year round
恭喜發財 Wishing you prosperity
和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth
心想事成 May all your wishes come true
吉祥如意 Everything goes well
國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
招財進寶 Money and treasures will be plentiful
壹帆風順 Wishing you every success
步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
祝妳新的壹年快樂幸福: Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!
事業成功，家庭美滿: Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family!
Food names:
年糕 Nian-gao; rise 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；dumpling
湯圓 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings
八寶飯 eight treasures rice pudding
糖果盤 candy tray:
什錦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune
蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health
西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
糖蓮子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
紅棗 red dates - prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
春節英語對聯
對聯1：
Time is a vexation, come up roll n roll. 時盡艱哉，歲月蹉跎事事侯。
Life is a struggle, have 2 step by 1 step. 生多難也，江湖謹慎步步營。
對聯2：
上聯： Rose sells rose on Rose Road. Rose. 在玫瑰路上賣玫瑰。
下聯：Give me hand, hand in hand. 給我妳的手，讓我們手牽手。
橫聯：Nowhere? Now here! 任何地方都不？現在在這兒！
對聯3：
上聯：Everything is possible. 任何事都有可能。
下聯：Impossible is nothing. 沒有不可能。
橫批：Just do it. 只要肯去做。
對聯4：
上聯：Sea-water tide，day-to-day tide, every-day tide and every-day ebb. 海浪漲潮，天天漲潮，天天漲潮，又天天退潮。
下聯：Floating-clouds appear, often appear, often appear and often go. 漂浮的雲出項了，經常出現，經常出現，又經常消失。
對聯5：
Get bikini from Bikini, bikini in Bikini, swim to Bikini. 購泳裝來比基尼島，泳裝在比基尼島，遊水到比基尼島。
Go Bikini for bikini, Bikini sales bikini, swim with bikini. 到比基尼島購泳裝，比基尼島賣泳裝，遊水需泳裝。
對聯6：
Open windows of Windows, windows in Windows, shut down Windows. 開窗口在視窗，窗口在視窗，關機閉視窗。
Since Miss is miss, Miss always miss, search also miss . 女孩竟不在，女孩總不在，找她也不在。
對聯7：
To China for china, China with china, dinner on china. 去中國買瓷器，中國有瓷器，吃飯靠瓷器
Turn right get right, right is right, speak by right. 到右邊得權利，右邊是權利，發言憑權利。
對聯8：
A willing mind sees nothing impossible, so the broken pots near the sinking boats witnessed mighty Qin' s surrender before Chu. 有誌者，事竟成；破釜成舟，百二秦關終屬楚。
A waiting heart regards everything available， so the determination from the torturing hay embraced weak Yue's triumph over Wu. 苦心人，天不負，臥心嘗膽，三千越甲可吞吳！
對聯9：
We don't stop playing because we grow old. 我們不要不玩耍因為我們長大了。
We grow old because we stop plating. 我們長大了因為我們不再玩耍了。
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希望對妳有幫助。