除夕 chúxì Lunar New Year’s eve 年菜 niáncài Lunar New Year foods 熱 rè to heat up; to warm up 大年初一 dà nián chū yī the first day of Lunar New Year 外縣市 wài xiàn shì other cities & counties 初四 chū sì 4th day of Lunar New Year 拖 tuō to drag 疲累 pílèi very tired
團圓 tuányuán (of members of a family) have a reunion 拜年 bàinián make a new year’s visit 回娘家 huí niángjiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home 陸陸續續 lù lù xù xù one after another; in succession 異類 yìlèi a person whose thoughts or behaviors is different from ordinary people 閒不下來 xián bú xiàlái keep looking for something to do, no plans to rest
徹夜 chèyè all night 打麻將 dǎ májiàng to play mahjong 電影台 diànyǐng tái movie channel 撲克牌 pūkè pái poker cards 大老二 dà lǎo èr Big two, a card game 牌七 pái qī Sevens, a card game 桌遊 zhuō yóu board games