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小年夜

xiǎo nián yè

3-character word

What 小年夜 means

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

The characters in 小年夜

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 年niányear
• 夜yènight

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