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) 守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 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) 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 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 除夕 chú xī lunar New Year's Eve syn 年夜饭 年夜飯 nián yè fàn New Year's Eve family dinner 压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve 小除夕 xiǎo chú xī the day before New Year's Eve 年夜 nián yè lunar New Year's Eve syn 围炉 圍爐 wéi lú to gather around the stove / (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve 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] 恭喜发财 恭喜發財 gōng xǐ fā cái May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) 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 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 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 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 前夕 qián xī eve / the day before syn 前夜 qián yè the eve / the night before syn 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 临战 臨戰 lín zhàn just before the contest / on the eve of war 平安夜 píng ān yè Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve 圣诞前夕 聖誕前夕 shèng dàn qián xī Christmas eve 万圣节前夕 萬聖節前夕 wàn shèng jié qián xī All Saints' Eve / Halloween 21世纪前夕的人口教育行动框架 21世紀前夕的人口教育行動框架 Action Framework for Population Education on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century 伊芙 yī fú Eve (name) 厄娃 è wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Catholic versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh) 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 丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057 戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051 己卯 jǐ mǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059 辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising 壬戌 rén xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042 癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053 