大吉大利过新年：过春节必用的英文表达
Greet***g Season:
春节 The Spr***g Festival
夏历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
元旦 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
月朔 the beg***n***g of New Year
元宵节 The Lantern Festival
Food na***s:
年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake
团聚饭 family r***nion d******r
大年夜饭 the d******r on New Year's Eve
饺子 Jiao-zi; Ch***ese ***at r**io***
汤圆 Tang-yuan; dump***ngs made of sweet r***e, roll*** ****** balls and stuff*** with either sweet ***
sp***y fil***ngs
8宝饭 eight treasures r***e pudd***g
甜果盘 candy tray
十锦糖 ass***t*** candies - sweet and f***tu***
蜜冬瓜 candi*** w***ter ***lon - growth and ***od hea***h
西瓜子 r*** ***lon se*** - joy, happ***ess, truth and s***cerity
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
糖莲子 candi*** lotus se*** - many descendents *** ******
糖藕 candi*** lotus root - fulfil***ng love relationship
红枣 r*** dates - prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
祝你新的一年欢乐美满 Wish you happ***ess and prosperity *** the ***m***g year!
Cus***ms:
过年 Guo-nian; h**e the Spr***g Festival
春联 poet*** ***uplet: two su***essive rhym***g ******s *** poetry
对联 Spr***g Festival ***uplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 New Year pa***t***gs
买年货 special purchases f*** the Spr***g Festival ; do Spr***g Festival ***pp***g
敬酒 propose a ***ast
灯笼 lantern: a p***table ***ght
烟花 firew***ks
爆仗 firecrackers (People scare off e***l spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
红包 r*** packets (cash wrapp*** up *** r*** paper, symbo***ze f***tu*** and wea***h *** the ***m***g year.)
舞狮 ***on dance (The ***on is be***ev*** *** be able *** dispel e***l and br***g ***od luck.)
舞龙 dra***n dance (*** expect ***od weather and ***od harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety ***w; v***de***lle
字谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 stay***g-up
贺年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greet***gs; New Year's ******
忌讳 taboo
去不利 get rid of the ill- f***tu***
祭祖宗 offer sacrif***es *** o***'s ances***rs
压岁钱 gift mo***y; mo***y given *** children as a lunar New Year gift
辞旧岁 bid farewell *** the old year
扫房 spr***g clean***g; ge***ral house-clean***g