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小年夜

xiǎoniányè

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ

  1. 1(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve
  2. 2(Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)
  3. 3(old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)

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