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East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

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custom

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firmly rooted; deep-seated

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to grow old; to age

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birthday

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

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relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

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close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

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food and (alcoholic) drink

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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every year; yearly; annually

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trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

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if you like; if you prefer; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; what's more; furthermore

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to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

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(another's) daughter; young lady

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lady; nobleman's wife

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look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!

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for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

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enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

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battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

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(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

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grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

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qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

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paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity

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Happy New Year

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wooden cup

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loud; sonorous; ringing

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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import; importation; introduction; afferent

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the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets

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wine

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men and women of all ages

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to be jumbled together

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval

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one year; some time ago

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

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to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

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to talk nonsense

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cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

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rarely; seldom

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preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead

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children; kids

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drool

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