TO PARENTS
1.Season’s greetings to my dearest parents!
祝我最亲爱的父母节日愉快！
2.Mom and Dad: Thank you for everything this holiday season!
爸爸妈妈：在这个节日里，谢谢你们给与我的一切！
3.I’ll be home to enjoy this New Year with you.
新年我会回家跟你们一起过~
4.Happy New year to the world’s best parents!
祝世界上最好的父母节日快乐！
TO TEACHER
1.A happy new year from all of your students.
祝您新年快乐，您的全体学生敬上。
2.Wishing you and yours a happy happy new year.
万事如意，阖家平安。
3.Best wishes for you and your family.
祝福您及您的家人。
TO FRIEND
1.A New Year greeting to cheer you, my good friend.
希望新年祝福给你带来欢乐，我的好朋友。
2.Wish all the best wishes for you.
献上最美好的祝愿。
3.To wish you special joy at the holidays and all year.
祝你在节日和新的一年中享有无限的快乐。
4.Happy new year, my best friend.
我最好的朋友，新年快乐哦~
传统中国节日：traditional Chinese festival
农历：lunar calendar
腊八节：Laba Festival
小年：Little New Year
除夕：Lunar New Year’s Eve
春节：the Spring Festival
正月初一：Lunar New Year’s Day
元宵节：the Lantern Festival
正月：the first month of the lunar year
二月二：Dragon Heads-raising Day
守岁：stay up
拜年：pay a New Year’s call
祭祖：offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
祭财神：worship the God of Wealth
春联：Spring Festival couplets
贴倒福：paste the Chinese character Fu upside down
烧香：burn incense
吃团圆饭：have a family reunion dinner
年夜饭：New Year’s Eve dinner
全家团圆：family reunion
办年货：do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒：propose a toast
穿新衣：wear new clothes
红包：red envelops
压岁钱：gift money；money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
饺子：dumplings
汤圆：dumplings made of sweet rice
瓜子：red melon seeds
金桔：cumquat
红枣：red dates
冰糖葫芦：candied haws on a stick
驴肉火烧：donkey burger
糖板栗：sugar chestnut
剪纸：paper-cut
中国结：Chinese knot
年画：New Year painting
吹糖人：sugar-figure blowing
舞龙：dragon dance
舞狮：lion dance、
秧歌：Yongko dance；rural folk dance
灯笼：lantern
戏曲：traditional opera
相声：comic dialogue；cross talk
小品：skits；sketch
杂技：acrobatic performance
京韵大鼓：drum song of Peking
踩高跷：walk on stilts
打麻将：play mahjong
庙会：temple fair
春节联欢晚会：Spring Festival gala
送贺卡：send New Year’s greeting cards
理发：have a haircut
放烟花：set off fireworks
放鞭炮：set off firecrackers
门神：the God of Door
灶神：the God of Kitchen
财神：the God of Wealth
火神：the God of Fire
生肖、属相：Chinese zodiac
微信红包：WeChat red envelope
立春：Start of Spring
本命年：the animal year in which one was born
春运：Spring Festival travel rush
Treasures fill the home
财源广进
Business flourishes
事业兴隆
Peace all year round
岁岁平安
Wishing you prosperity
恭喜发财
Harmony brings wealth
家和万事兴
May all your wishes come true
心想事成
Everything goes well
万事如意
The country flourishes and people live in peace
国家富强、人民安康
