初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 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) 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) 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 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 腊 臘 là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 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 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) 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) 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 闰年 閏年 rùn nián leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month 新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn 除夕 chú xī lunar New Year's Eve syn 八宝饭 八寶飯 bā bǎo fàn Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year 年夜 nián yè lunar New Year's Eve syn 正月初一 zhēng yuè chū yī New Year's Day in the lunar calendar syn 五福临门 五福臨門 wǔ fú lín mén lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) 花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August 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 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 五月 wǔ yuè May / fifth month (of the lunar year) syn 三月 sān yuè March / third month (of the lunar year) syn 四月 sì yuè April / fourth month (of the lunar year) syn 一月 yī yuè January / first month (of the lunar year) syn 七月 qī yuè July / seventh month (of the lunar year) 十月 shí yuè October / tenth month (of the lunar year) syn 六月 liù yuè June / sixth month (of the lunar year) 九月 jiǔ yuè September / ninth month (of the lunar year) syn 八月 bā yuè August / eighth month (of the lunar year) syn 二月 èr yuè February / second month (of the lunar year) syn 十二月 shí èr yuè December / twelfth month (of the lunar year) syn 十一月 shí yī yuè November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) syn 正月 zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year syn 正 zhēng first month of the lunar year syn 残冬腊月 殘冬臘月 cán dōng là yuè final days of the lunar year 赤口日 chì kǒu rì third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day) 朔望 shuò wàng the new moon / the first day of the lunar month syn 朔月 shuò yuè new moon / first day of the lunar month syn 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 