chun1 jie2

Chinese New Year ("Spring Festival")

guo4 nian2

to observe New Year (VO)

zhuang1 shi4

to decorate (V), decoration (n)

yin1 li4

lunar calendar (n)

yang2 li4

solar calendar (n)

gu3 lao3

ancient (adj)

jie2 ri4

holiday, festival (n)

an4 zhao4

according to

suan4 fa3

calculation, way of calculating (n)

jin4 ru4

to enter (v, syn compound)

qi1 jian1

during [a period of time] (time word)

chuang2 tong3

tradition (n)

feng1 su2

custom, convention (n)

qing4 zhu4

to celebrate (n); celebration (n)

huo2 dong4

activities, events (n)

ru2

such as

dui4 lian2

poetic couplets (n)

fang4

to release; set off (v)

bian1 pao4

firecrackers (n)

fang4 bian1 piao4

to set off firecrackers (VO)

bai4 nian2

to pay New Year's tributes (VO)

mi2 xin4

superstitious (adj); superstition (n)

gui3

ghosts (n)

shen2

gods (n)

da3

to hit, beat (V)

pao3

run, run away (V)

sheng1 yin

sound, voice, noise (n)

da4 duo1 shu4

majority, most, mostly (n/adverb)

xiang3

to make a sound (v);

loud (adj)

wen4 hou4

to ask after someone; to greet (V)

dao4 lai2

to arrive (v);

arrival (n)

gong1 xi3

congratulations (phrase)

fa1 cai2

to make a fortune; get rich (VO)

zhang3 bei4

elders, seniors (n)

hong2 bao1

"red envelope" (n)

chu2 le.... yi3 wai4

aside from, besides (conj)

biao3 yan3

to give a performance (V);

performance, show (N)

jiao3 zi

dumpling (N)

ji4 ran2

since (it is the case)