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每逢佳节倍思亲
mei feng jiajie bei si qin

In festive times one longs the more for home
浇花
jiaohuar

to water flowers
shu

to count
鞭炮
bianpao

firecrackers
放鞭炮
fang bianpao

to set off firecrackers
风俗
fengsu

customs
拜年
bainian

to pay a new year visit, to wish one a happy New Year
yo

Oh!
愉快
yukuai

happy
万事如意
wanshiruyi

Everything goes as one wishes
zu

full, ample
la

a particle of mood
早晨
zaochen

morning
wa

mild exclamation
到处
dachu

everywhere
ming

to sound
鞭炮齐鸣
bianpao qiming

the firecrackers in unison
然后
ranhou

afterwards, then
原因
yuanyin

reason, cause
正月
Zhengyue

the first month of the lunar year
chu

prefix for the first 10 days of the lunar month
传统
chuantong

tradition
家家户户
jiajia-huhu

every household
打扫
dasao

to tidy up or clearn up
gua

to hang (up)

年画
nianhuar

new year's painting
tie

to post (a notice)

春联
chunlianr

Spring Festival couplets
饺子
jiaozi

Chinese dumplings
团圆
tuanyuan

reunion; to reunite
亲戚
qinqi

relations, relatives
外地
waidi

some other part of the country

尽可能
jinkeneng

to do one's best, to try hard
赶回来
ganhuilai

to hurry back
bei

exclamation which indicates the preceding is obvious
庆祝
qingzhu

celebration, to celebrate
舞狮子
wu shizi

to do the Lion Dance
耍龙灯
shua longdeng

to do the Dragon Latern Dance
爆竹
baozhu

firecrackers
据说
jushuo

it is said
魔鬼
mogui

demons, ghosts
竹子
zhuzi

bamboo
发出
fachu

to emit
爆炸
baozha

to explode
不断
buduan

ceaselessly, continually
改进
gaijin

to improve

元宵
yuanxiao

glutinouse rice flour dumpling with sweet filling

大街小巷
dajie-xiaoxiang

every street
糯米面
nuomimian

glutinous rice, flour
yuan

round
cai

to guess
确实
queshi

really
灯笼
denglong

lantern
到底
daodi

after all, actually
反正
fanzheng

anyways, in any case
至于
zhiyu

as to, as for
明明
mingming

clearly
o

Oh!
还是。。。行
haishi…xing

after all, (S-O) is best
zhu

to boil
nian

sticky
tian

sweet
jiang

to award; award
巧克力
qiaokeli

chocolate
粽子
zongzi

pyramid-shaped dumplings made of rice and wrapped in reed leaves
来历
laili

origin, history
富国强兵
fuguo-qiangbing

make the country prosperous and strengthen the military
联齐抗秦
lian Qi kang Qin

to ally with Qi to oppose Qin
无能
wuneng

incapable, impotent
guo

pot
反倒
fandao

on the contrary, contrary to expectation
投江
toujiang

to jump into the river
消息
xiaoxi

news
纷纷
fenfen

one after another
划船
huachuan

to row ( a boat)
打捞
dalao

to get something out of the water, to salvage, fish
xia

shrimp
尸体
shiti

corpse
sa

to sprinkle, to spread
赛龙船
sai longchuan

dragon boat race
赏月
shangyue

admire the moon
月饼
yuebing

moon cake
象征
xiangzheng

to symbolize; symbol
tou

the first few times
明月几时有把酒问青天
Mingyue jishi you, ba jiu wen qingtian

With wine in hand, I ask the gods - when will the moon shine bright?
ai

OK; fine