Pinyin: yā suì qián
Meaning: money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
Sentence: Children often get a lot of lucky money on chinese new year's eve.孩子常在除夕夜拿到很多压岁钱.
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压：
Pinyin: yā
Meaning: press
Radical: 厂
Stokes: 6
Traditional:壓
Common words/Phrase:
压秤 [yā chèng] 【be relatively heavy】
压船 [yā chuán] 【delay unloading a ship】
压倒 [yā dǎo] 【overcome;overwhelm;over power】
压顶 [yā dǐng] 【the sky was covered with dark clouds】
压队 [yā duì] 【bring up the rear and supervise】
岁：
Pinyin: suì
Meaning: year
Radical: 山
Stokes: 6
Traditional: 歲
Common words/Phrase:
岁月 [suì yuè] 【days】
岁数 [suìshù] 【age】
钱：
Pinyin: qián
Meaning: money
Radical: 钅
Stokes: 10
Traditional: 錢
Common words/Phrase:
钱包 [qián bāo] 【wallet;purse】
钱币 [qián bì] 【coin】
钱帛 [qián bó] 【betrothal presents from the bridgroom's to the bride's family】
钱财 [qián cái] 【money】
钱袋 [qián dài] 【money bag;bag】
