Chinese 101: What do you eat for the spring festival dinner?

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Dialogue:

A：你家的年夜饭吃什么？

Nǐ jiā de nián yè fàn chī shén me？

What do your family eat for the Spring Festival dinner?

B：我们会全家人一起包饺子，吃饺子，你呢？

Wǒ men huì quán jiā rén yī qǐ bāo jiǎo zǐ，chī jiǎo zǐ，nǐ ne？

Our whole family will make dumplings together and eat dumplings, how about you?

A：我家也一样！而且，每年都要吃鱼。

Wǒ jiā yě yī yàng！ér qiě ，měi nián dōu yào chī yú 。

Same as your family! And we eat fish every year.

B：对，“年年有余”嘛！

Duì，“nián nián yǒu yú ”ma ！

Yes, since “every year you need something left!”

Words & expressions:

【年夜饭】nián yè fàn: spring festival dinner

【饺子】jiǎo zǐ: dumpling

【每年】měi nián: every year

【鱼】yú: fish