小年夜

xiǎonián
  1. (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve
  2. (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian)
  3. (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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