Practical Chinese Reader Lesson 48 - Page 1

lantern

lantern, lamp, light

dear

because, for

whole

to reunite, to have a reunion

festival, holiday

festival

(a prefix)

pay a New Year call, wish somebody a Happy New Year

year

room

to clean up

to sweep

clean, neat and tidy

to put in order, to tidy up

neat, tidy

black

Spring Festivel couplets, New Year scrolls

to paste

New Year (or Spring Festival) picture

son

gift, present

New Year

hare, rabbit

Happy New Year

to let off firecrackers

firecracker

to put, to lay (the table)

to bother, to put somebody to trouble, trouble, troublesome

Spring Festival

Christmas Day

(a surname)

(name of child)

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve family dinner

custom

the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of the lunar calendar)

the traditional Chinese calendar

the Lantern Festival

bag, sack

grain, food