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春节回家

Spring Festival

HSK 4 · 72 words · 99% within level · 1 new word

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Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China.

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Every year at this time, many people go home to celebrate with their families.

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Train tickets are hard to get, so I bought mine a month in advance.

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At home we prepare lots of food and put up red couplets.

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In the evening everyone eats dumplings together and watches the Spring Festival gala.

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The children are the happiest, because they get red envelopes.

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It is lively, but also exhausting.

Words in this passage

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  • 春节chūn jiéHSK 2Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
  • 是shìHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
  • 中国zhōng guóHSK 1China
  • 最zuìHSK 1most, extremely, exceedingly
  • 重要zhòng yàoHSK 1important; significant; major
  • 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
  • 节日jié rìHSK 2holiday; festival
  • 每měiHSK 2every, each
  • 年niánHSK 1year; new-years; person's age
  • 这zhèHSK 1this, the, here
  • 个gèHSK 1numerary adjunct, piece; single
  • 时候shí houHSK 1time; length of time; moment; period
  • 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
  • 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
  • 人rénHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
  • 要yàoHSK 1necessary, essential; necessity
  • 回家huí jiāHSK 1to return home
  • 和héHSK 1harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
  • 家人jiā rénHSK 1family member; (old) servant
  • 一起yī qǐHSK 1in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
  • 过年guò niánHSK 2to celebrate the Chinese New Year
  • 火车huǒ chēHSK 1train
  • 票piàoHSK 1slip of paper or bamboo; ticket
  • 难nánHSK 1difficult, arduous, hard; unable
  • 买mǎiHSK 1buy, purchase; bribe, persuade
  • 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
  • 提前tí qiánHSK 3to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
  • 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
  • 月yuèHSK 1moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
  • 就jiùHSK 1just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
  • 好hǎoHSK 1good, excellent, fine; well
  • 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
  • 家里jiā lǐHSK 1home
  • 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
  • 准备zhǔn bèiHSK 1preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
  • 吃chīHSK 1eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
  • 还háiHSK 1still, yet, also, besides
  • 贴tiēHSK 4paste to, stick on; attached to
  • 红色hóng sèHSK 2red (color); revolutionary
  • 对联duì liánnewrhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway
  • 晚上wǎn shangHSK 1evening; night; in the evening
  • 大家dà jiāHSK 2everyone; influential family; great expert
  • 饺子jiǎo ziHSK 2dumpling; pot-sticker
  • 看kànHSK 1look, see; examine, scrutinize
  • 晚会wǎn huìHSK 2evening party
  • 小xiǎoHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
  • 孩子hái ziHSK 1child
  • 高兴gāo xìngHSK 1happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
  • 因为yīn wèiHSK 2because; owing to; on account of
  • 他们tā menHSK 1they
  • 能néngHSK 1to be able; can, permitted to; ability
  • 拿到ná dàoHSK 2to get; to obtain
  • 红包hóng bāoHSK 4money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe
  • 虽然suī ránHSK 2although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)
  • 热闹rè naoHSK 4bustling with noise and excitement; lively
  • 但是dàn shìHSK 2but; however
  • 也yěHSK 1also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
  • 累lèiHSK 1tired; implicate, involve; bother

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