chinese new year words

7th grade

过年

guo nian - to celebrate chinese new year

象征着

xiang zheng zhe - symbolize

团圆

tuan yuan - to have a reunion

好运

hao yun - good luck

形状

xing zhuang - shape, form or figure

像

xiang - to look like

元宝

yuan bao - silver or gold ingot

一定

yi ding - certain, definite

包

bao - to wrap

财源滚滚

cai yuan gun gun - profits pouring in from all sides

正在

zheng zai - in progress of, in course of

准备

zhun bei - to prepare

擀皮儿

gan pi er - to roll out wrappers

摊开

tan kai - to spread out or unfold

双手

shuang shou - pair of hands

揉面

rou mian - knead dough

切菜

qie cai - to chop vegetables

和面

he mian - to knead dough (for bread)

先。。。然后

xian... ran hou - first... then

放点馅

fang dian xian - put some filling

捏起来

nie qi lai - to pinch together

越来越好

yue lai yue hao - to get better and better