春节联欢晚会 Spring Festival Gala / Chinese New Year Gala
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 Lunar New Year's Eve
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵节 the Lantern Festival
习俗相关词汇：
对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
春联 Spring Festival couplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 New Year paintings
买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival
食物相关词汇：
年糕 rice cake; New Year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve
饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆 dumplings made of sweet rice
八宝饭 Chinese rice pudding
糖果盘 candy tray
糖莲子 candied lotus seed
花生糖 peanut candy
其他词汇：
敬酒 propose a toast
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers
红包 red envelopes
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 make New Year's call
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
压岁钱 gift money; 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
