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xiao3 nian2 ye4
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve/(Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)/(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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xiao3
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve/(Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)/(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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nian2
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve/(Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)/(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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ye4
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve/(Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)/(old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)