过年

過年

guò niánㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
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Meanings

  1. 1

    to celebrate the Chinese New Year

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庆祝春节俗称过年。

慶祝春節俗稱過年。

Celebrating Spring Festival is commonly referred to as 'passing the year'.

在中国,提到过年,许多人想到的都是一家围在一起包饺子。

在中國,提到過年,許多人想到的都是一家圍在一起包餃子。

If you mention New Year in China, the image that many people will think of is a family gathered around wrapping dumplings together.

过年吃饺子的习俗和中国古代的计时法有关:中国古代把每一天分为十二个时段,每天开始是子时,相当于晚上11点到凌晨1点。

過年喫餃子的習俗和中國古代的計時法有關:中國古代把每一天分爲十二個時段,每天開始是子時,相當於晚上11點到凌晨1點。

The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.

过年了。

過年了。

It's the new year.