买年货：special purchases for the Spring Festival
红包：red packets / red envelope
舞狮：lion dance
舞龙：dragon dance
除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/ Eve of the Spring Festival
春晚：Spring Festival Gala
烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecrackers
守岁：staying-up
拜年：give New Year's greetings/ New Year's visit
去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune
压岁钱：gift money/ money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
除旧岁：bid farewell to the old year
春联：(Spring Festival) couplets
年画：New Year painting
庙会：temple fair
元宵节：Lantern Festival
元宵：Tangyuan/ sweet rice dumpling
灯谜：lantern riddle
全家团圆：family reunion