1月20日，大寒。
这是二十四节气中的最后一个节气。
这个时候，天气多是雨雪、低温、大风。
我们要少吃生冷的东西，多吃羊肉、牛肉等。
“小寒大寒，杀猪过年”，因为下一个节气就是立春了。
在中国，特别是农村，每到大寒节气，人们就开始忙着准备过年的东西了。
大寒以后，新一年的节气将开始。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 大寒 | Dà hán | Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 节气 | jié qì | solar term |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 雨 | yǔ | rain |
| 雪 | xuě | snow |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 温 | wēn | (bound form) temperature / (TCM) fever / epidemic; pestilence |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 风 | fēng | wind / news / style / custom / manner |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 生 | shēng | raw; uncooked; unprocessed |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 羊 | yáng | sheep; goat |
| 肉 | ròu | meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) |
| 牛 | niú | ox / cow / bull / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿) |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 小寒 | Xiǎo hán | Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms |
| 杀 | shā | to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart |
| 猪 | zhū | hog / pig / swine |
| 过年 | guò nián | to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 立春 | Lì chūn | Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 农村 | nóng cūn | rural area / village |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 忙 | máng | busy |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare / to intend / to be about to |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |