第六课：除夕的由来

Question 1

Eve of the Lunar New Year/ Spring Festival

Answer 1

除夕

Question 2

Origin, source

Answer 2

由来 - (yóulái)

Question 3

Lunar calendar

Answer 3

农历

Question 4

To stay up late or all night on New Year’s Eve

Answer 4

守岁 - (shou3suì)

Question 5

Monster

Answer 5

怪物 - (guàiwù)

Question 6

To hurt, to harm

Answer 6

伤害

Question 7

To have no way out; to be helpless

Answer 7

无奈 - (wúnài)

Question 8

Hero

Answer 8

英雄

Question 9

Handsome

Answer 9

英俊 - (yīngjùn)

Question 10

To bite

Answer 10

咬 - (yao3)

Question 11

Maternal grandfather

Answer 11

外公

Question 12

To ask, to inquire

Answer 12

询问 - (xúnwèn)

Question 13

Naive, innocent

Answer 13

天真

Question 14

Preposition: for, on behalf of

Answer 14

（代) 替

Question 15

To get rid of, to remove

Answer 15

除

Question 16

To make, to produce

Answer 16

制造 - (zhìzào)

Question 17

Disaster, calamity

Answer 17

灾害 - (zāihài)

Question 18

To escape

Answer 18

逃

Question 19

Shadow

Answer 19

影子 - (ying3zi)

Question 20

Conjunction: in addition, moreover

Answer 20

此外 - (ci3wài)

Question 21

Perhaps, possibly, it’s likely that …

Answer 21

说不定

Question 22

To stay up late

Answer 22

熬夜 - (áoyè)

Question 23

Immediately, at once

Answer 23

赶紧

Question 24

As expected, really

Answer 24

果然

Question 25

Girl

Answer 25

姑娘

Question 26

Pot, pan

Answer 26

锅

Question 27

Basin, tub

Answer 27

盆 (子) - (pénzi)

Question 28

Whole, entire

Answer 28

整个

Question 29

To frighten, to scare

Answer 29

吓

Question 30

Participle (indicating similarity): like, as

Answer 30

似的

Question 31

Chase, to go after

Answer 31

追

Question 32

Arrow

Answer 32

箭 - (jiàn)

Question 33

To shoot

Answer 33

射（击）- (shèjī)

Question 34

Adj.: one after another, all at once

Answer 34

纷纷 - (fēnfēn)

Question 35

To express, to voice

Answer 35

表达

Question 36

Firecrackers

Answer 36

鞭炮

Question 37

Custom, convention

Answer 37

风俗 - (fēngsú)