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The Spring Festival

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新年xīn nián好hǎo！

今天jīn tiān是shì大年初一dà nián chū yī，就jiù是shì我们wǒ men的de“春节Chūn jié”。

这zhè是shì新xīn一yī年nián的de第dì一yī天tiān，是shì春季chūn jì的de第dì一yī天tiān，也yě是shì正月Zhēng yuè的de第dì一yī天tiān。

春节Chūn jié是shì中国Zhōng guó最zuì重要zhòng yào的de一yī天tiān。

中国Zhōng guó人rén过guò春节Chūn jié已经yǐ jīng有yǒu4000多duō年nián了le。

春节Chūn jié快乐kuài lè，恭喜发财gōng xǐ fā cái！

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Vocabulary 29 words

Chinese	Pinyin	English
新年	xīn nián	New Year
好	hǎo	good / appropriate; proper
今天	jīn tiān	today
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only)
大年初一	dà nián chū yī	Lunar New Year's Day
就	jiù	merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our
的	de	possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression)
春节	Chūn jié	Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
这	zhè	this; these
新	xīn	new; newly
一	yī	one / single / a (article)
年	nián	year
第	dì	(prefix indicating ordinal number)
天	tiān	day
春季	chūn jì	springtime
也	yě	also; too; as well; (not ...) either
正月	Zhēng yuè	first month of the lunar year
中国	Zhōng guó	China
最	zuì	(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
重要	zhòng yào	important; significant; major
人	rén	person; people
过	guò	to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along
已经	yǐ jīng	already
有	yǒu	to have; there is
多	duō	(after a numeral) ... odd
了	le	(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
快乐	kuài lè	happy; joyful
恭喜发财	gōng xǐ fā cái	May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)