AP Mandarin unit 3 vocab 春节

过春节

to observe chinese new year

除夕

Lunar New years eve

办年货

to buy items needed at new years

贴春联

to paste spring festival couplets

大扫除

to clean up, sweep away

红包

red envelopes

拜年

to wish happy new year

年夜饭

family reunion dinner on new years eve

等不及

cannot wait for

祭拜

to worship; to offer sacrifice to

祖先

ancestors; ancestry

恭喜

congradulations

发财

to make a fortune

压岁钱

a gift of money for children on new years

年糕

Lunar new year cake (rice flower)

千万

surely

圣诞节

christmas

装饰

to decorate

包

to wrap

礼物

gift

布置

to arrange

团圆

reunion

纪念

to commemorate, mark

热闹

lively, bustling

利用

to take advantage of

赠送

to present as a gift

表达

to express (feelings ideas)

传统

tradition/traditional

风俗

customs and practices

兽

beast, four-legged animal

吓人

be frightening

人人皆知

known by everyone

弱点

weak point, weakness

见不得

cannot bear to see

家家户户

each & every family

烧

to burn

竹子

bamboo

爆

to burst, explode, crackle, pop

声响

sound, noise

发生

to happen/occur

不管

regardless

终于

finally

鞭炮

firecrackers

属

to belong to (year/zodiac)

常识

common sense

象征

to symbolize, signify, stand for

元宝

silver/gold ingot (as money in former times)

有余

(have) plenty, ample

庆祝

to celebrate

表演

performance (N/V)

舞龙

to dragon dance

狮

lion

副

good fortune, blessing

倒

to reverse, to turn upside down (sounds like arrive)

吉祥

propitious, auspicious, lucky

如意

as one likes or wishes

岁岁

every year

平安

safe and sound