今天是小年。
每年的农历12月23或者24日这一天，是祭祀灶王爷的日子，称为“过小年”。
人们会做很多好吃的，希望新的一年平平安安。
这一天，人们还会打扫卫生，洗浴剪发，贴窗花等。
很多地方的人把这一天当做一年工作的结束。
这一天之后，主要的事情就是准备过春节的东西了。
祝你小年快乐！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 小年 | xiǎo nián | the day or period traditionally marking the start of preparations for the Lunar New Year; Little New Year |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 农历 | nóng lì | the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 祭祀 | jì sì | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors |
| 灶王爷 | Zào wáng yé | Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen |
| 日子 | rì zi | day / a (calendar) date |
| 称为 | chēng wéi | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 平平安安 | píng píng ān ān | safe and sound; peaceful and without mishap |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 打扫 | dǎ sǎo | to clean / to sweep |
| 卫生 | wèi shēng | hygiene; sanitation |
| 洗 | xǐ | to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording) |
| 浴 | yù | to bathe |
| 剪 | jiǎn | to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate / to edit |
| 发 | fà | hair |
| 贴 | tiē | to stick / to paste / to post / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize |
| 窗 | chuāng | window |
| 花 | huā | flower / blossom / fancy pattern |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 当做 | dàng zuò | to treat as / to regard as / to look upon as |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 结束 | jié shù | termination |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare / to intend / to be about to |
| 春节 | Chūn jié | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 祝 | zhù | to pray for / to wish |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |