New Year's Day; first day of the year
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
the first day of the year; traditionally refers to the first day of the first lunar month (Chinese New Year)
Commonly used in literary or formal contexts to refer to the lunar New Year's Day; in modern usage can also refer to January 1st of the solar calendar.
Yuán元
rì日
shì是
yī一
nián年
de的
kāi开
shǐ始
。
New Year's Day is the beginning of the year.
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
zài在
yuán元
rì日
jì祭
zǔ祖
。
Ancient people often worshipped their ancestors on New Year's Day.
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Yuán元
rì日
nà那
tiān天
，
rén人
men们
hù互
xiāng相
bài拜
nián年
。
On New Year's Day, people exchange new year's greetings.
Zhè这
shǒu首
shī诗
miáo描
xiě写
le了
yuán元
rì日
de的
jǐng景
xiàng象
。
This poem describes the scene of New Year's Day.