Lesson 15 - Vocab 2

Question 1

節日

Answer 1

jié rì
holiday， festival

Question 2

打掃

Answer 2

dǎ sǎo
to clean up

Question 3

另外

Answer 3

lìng wài
in addition

Question 4

春聯

Answer 4

chūn lián
New Year’s couplets (with calligra-phy, in doublets)

Question 5

除夕

Answer 5

chú xì
Lunar New Year’s Eve

Question 6

年糕

Answer 6

nián gāo
new year rice cake

Question 7

橘子

Answer 7

jú zi
orange, tangerine

Question 8

守歲

Answer 8

shǒu suì
to stay up waiting for the arrival of the New Year

Question 9

說法

Answer 9

shuō fǎ
way of saying things, a theory

Question 10

晚

Answer 10

wǎn
late

Question 11

活

Answer 11

huó
to live, to stay active

Question 12

平安

Answer 12

píng’ an
peaceful, eventless

Question 13

出門

Answer 13

chū mén
to go out, to leave the house

Question 14

拜年

Answer 14

bài nián
to pay a New Year visit

Question 15

又

Answer 15

yòu
again

Question 16

起來

Answer 16

qǐ lái
As a resultative particle, it indicates the beginning of an action of state.

Question 17

華人

Answer 17

huá rén
Chinese, a person of Chinese ethnicity

Question 18

貼上

Answer 18

tiē shàng
to stick on (the wall)

Question 19

年年有餘

Answer 19

nián nián yǒu yú
abundance every year

Question 20

步步高升

Answer 20

bù bù gāo shēng
to rise in social rank

Question 21

大吉大利

Answer 21

dà jí dà lì
great wishes for the new year

Question 22

放鞭炮

Answer 22

fàng biān pào
to set off firecrackers

Question 23

大年初一

Answer 23

dà nián chū yī
first day of the Lunar New Year

Question 24

大年初五

Answer 24

dà nián chū wǔ
fifth day of the Lunar New Year