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年夜饭

nián yè fàn

HSK 3.0 level 5 3-character word Traditional 年夜飯

年夜饭 (nián yè fàn) means "New Year's Eve family dinner". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 年夜饭 means

1. reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)

The characters in 年夜饭

• 年niányear
• 夜yènight
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan

Example sentences

• 饺子是年夜饭桌上必不可少的。
  Jiǎozi shì niányèfàn zhuō shàng bìbùkěshǎo de.
  Dumplings are essential at the New Year's Eve dinner table.
• 说明年夜饭的饺子是亲人团聚的象征。
  Shuōmíng niányèfàn de jiǎozi shì qīnrén tuánjù de xiàngzhēng.
  This means that eating dumplings on New Year's eve is a symbol of family reunion.

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