# Speaking Chinese About China 2 - Lesson 04
# Published by Sinolingua, 1990 - ISBN 7800521540
# Version 1.0
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
浇花儿 [jiāohuār] /to water flowers/
数 [shǔ] /to count/
鞭炮 [biānpào] /firecrackers/
放鞭炮 [fàng biānpào] /to set off firecrackers/
风俗 [fēngsú] /customs/
拜年 [bàinián] /to pay a new year visit, to wish one a happy New Year/
哟 [yo] /Oh! (expressing surprise)/
愉快 [yúkuài] /happy/
万事如意 [wànshìrúyì] /Everything goes as one wishes/
组 [zú] /full, ample/
啦 [la] /(particle of mood)/
早晨 [zǎochén] /morning/
哇 [wa] /(mild exclamation)/
到处 [dàochù] /everywhere/
鸣 [míng] /to sound/
然后 [ránhòu] /afterwards, then/
原因 [yuányīn] /reason, cause/
农历 [nónglì] /the Chinese lunar calendar/
正月 [Zhēngyuè] /the first month of the lunar year/
初 [chū-] /prefix for the first 10 days of the lunar month/
传统 [chuántǒng] /tradition/
家家户户 [jiājiā-hùhù] /every household/
打扫 [dǎsǎo] /to tidy or clean up (a place)/
挂 [guà] /to hang (up)/
年画 [niánhuàr] /new year's painting/
贴 [tiē] /to post (a notice, etc.)/
春联 [chūnliánr] /Spring Festival couplets/
饺子 [jiǎozi] /Chinese dumpling/
团圆 [tuányuán] /reunion; to reunite/
亲戚 [qīnqi] /relations, relatives/
外地 [wàidì] /some other part of the country/
尽可能 [jìnkěnéng] /to do one's best, to try hard/
赶回来 [gǎnhuílai] /to hurry back/
呗 [bei] /(exclamation indicating that the preceding is obvious/
庆祝 [qìngzhù] /celebration; to celebrate/
舞狮子 [wǔ shīzi] /to do the Lion Dance/
耍龙灯 [shuǎ lóngdēng] /to do the Dragon Lantern Dance/
爆竹 [bàozhú] /firecrackers/
据说 [jùshuō] /it is said (that)/
魔鬼 [móguī] /demons, ghosts, and goblins/
竹子 [zhúzi] /bamboo/
发出 [fāchū] /to emit/
爆炸 [bàozhà] /to explode/
不断 [búduàn] /ceaselessly, continually/
改进 [gǎijìn] /to improve/
元宵 [yuánxiāo] /dumpling with sweet filling/
大街小巷 [dàjiē-xiǎoxiàng] /every street (and back street)/
糯米面 [nuòmǐmiàn] /glutinous rice flour/
圆 [yuán] /round/
馅儿 [xiànr] /filling/
猜 [cāi] /to guess/
猜灯谜 [cāi dēng mí] /to guess at "lamp riddles"/
确实 [quèshí] /really/
灯笼 [dēnglong] /lantern/
到底 [dàodǐ] /after all, actually/
反正 [fǎnzhèng] /anyway, in any case/
至于 [zhìyú] /as to, as for/
明明 [míngmíng] /clearly/
噢 [ō] /Oh! (expresses comprehension)/
还是…行 [háishì...xíng] /after all, is best/
锅 [guō] /pot/
煮 [zhǔ] /to boil/
粘 [nián] /sticky/
甜 [tián] /sweet/
奖 [jiǎng] /to award (prize); award, prize/
巧克力 [qiǎokèlì] /chocolate/
粽子 [zòngzi] /pyramid-shaped dumplings/
来历 [láilì] /origin, history/
富国枪柄 [fùguó-qiángbīng] /make the country prosperous and strengthen the military/
联齐抗秦 [lián Qí kàng Qín] /to ally with Qi to oppose Qin/
无能 [wúnéng] /incapable, impotent/
反倒 [fǎndào] /on the contrary, contrary to expectations/
投讲 [tóujiāng] /to jump into the river (in suicide)/
消息 [xiāoxi] /news/
纷纷 [fēnfēn] /one after another/
划船 [huáchuán] /to row (a boat)/
打捞 [dǎlāo] /to get something out of the water, to salvage, to fish (out)/
虾 [xiā] /shrimp, prawn/
尸体 [shītǐ] /corpse/
撒 [sǎ] /to sprinkle, to spread/
赛龙船 [sǎi lóngchuán] /dragon boat race/
赏月 [shǎngyuè] /admire the moon/
月饼 [yuèbǐng] /moon cake/
象征 [xiàngzhēng] /to symbolize; symbol/
头- [tóu-] /the first, the first few times/
唉 [āi] /OK, fine/
春节 [Chūnjié] /Spring Festival, Lunar New Year/
除夕 [Chúxī] /Spring Festival's Eve/
王建 [Wáng Jiàn] /Wang Jian/
李华 [Lǐ Huá] /Li Hua/
小明 [Xiǎomíng] /Xiaoming/
圣诞节 [Shèngdànjié] /Christmas/
元宵节 (灯节) [Yuánxiājié (Dēngjié)] /the Lantern Festival/
端午节 (端阳节) [Duānwǔjié (Duānyángjié] /the Dragon Boat Festival/
屈原 [Qū Yuán] /Qu Yuan/
中秋节 [Zhōngqiūjié] /Mid-autumn (Moon) Festival/
苏轼 [Sū Shì] /Su Shi/
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