躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve) 小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god) 同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn 旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn 刷卡 shuā kǎ to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 卡槽 kǎ cáo (electronics) card slot (for SD card, SIM card etc) / clamping groove 年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn 甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle 整年累月 zhěng nián lěi yuè month after month, year after year / year in, year out syn 年前 nián qián by the end of the year / at the end of the year / shortly before New Year 岁岁平安 歲歲平安 suì suì píng ān May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting) 年年有馀 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) 年年有余 年年有餘 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) 贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn 拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn 春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3] 守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve 恭喜发财 恭喜發財 gōng xǐ fā cái May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 农历新年 農曆新年 nóng lì xīn nián Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year 跨年 kuà nián to step into the new year / New Year 迎新 yíng xīn to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students 一朝天子一朝臣 yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides 贺年卡 賀年卡 hè nián kǎ New Year greeting card 贺函 賀函 hè hán letter of congratulations / greeting card (e.g. for New Year) syn 年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn 年份 nián fen particular year / certain year / given year syn 年年 nián nián year after year / yearly / every year / annually syn 逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn 元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 大后年 大後年 dà hòu nián three years from now / year after year after next year 比年 bǐ nián (literary) every year / year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2] 卒岁 卒歲 zú suì (literary) to get through the year / entire year / throughout the year 显卡 顯卡 xiǎn kǎ video card / display card (computer) 贺卡 賀卡 hè kǎ greeting card / congratulation card 银行卡 銀行卡 yín háng kǎ bank card / ATM card 充值卡 chōng zhí kǎ rechargeable card / to recharge a card 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card") 梭哈 suō hā five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") 牡丹卡 mǔ dan kǎ Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) 储值卡 儲值卡 chǔ zhí kǎ stored-value card / prepaid card (telephone, transport etc) 长城卡 長城卡 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China) 交通卡 jiāo tōng kǎ public transportation card / prepaid transit card / subway pass 提款卡 tí kuǎn kǎ debit card / ATM card 名刺 míng cì visiting card / name card 名帖 míng tiě name card / business card syn 身份卡 shēn fèn kǎ identity card / ID card 身份识别卡 身份識別卡 shēn fèn shí bié kǎ identification card / ID card 卡奴 kǎ nú a slave to one's credit card / sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings 拼卡 pīn kǎ to share a card with sb (e.g. share a loyalty card to accumulate points and split the benefits) 八达通卡 八達通卡 bā dá tōng kǎ Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments) 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve 年三十 nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve 履新 lǚ xīn (of an official) to take up a new post / (literary) to celebrate the New Year syn 送旧迎新 送舊迎新 sòng jiù yíng xīn usher out the old, greet the new / esp. to see in the New Year 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student syn 喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn 纳新 納新 nà xīn to accept the new / to take fresh (air) / fig. to accept new members (to reinvigorate the party) / new blood New Cronos 数据库 New Cronos 數據庫 New Cronos 每年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly syn 年底 nián dǐ the end of the year / year-end syn 全年 quán nián the whole year / all year long 常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn 应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's 本年度 běn nián dù this year / the current year 来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn 去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 财年 財年 cái nián fiscal year / financial year 乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 经年 經年 jīng nián for years / year after year 丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 丰年 豐年 fēng nián prosperous year / year with bumper harvest syn 甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 翌年 yì nián the following year / the next year syn 庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911 庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 年表 nián biǎo timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052 庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050 癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063 戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 