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守岁
shǒu​suì

to see in the New Year

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
守岁 守歲 shǒu//suì
to see in the New Year
To stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve to welcome the coming year.
Mars lingering near Jupiter
(literary) an astronomical phenomenon where Mars (荧惑 yíng​huò) stays or lingers near Jupiter (岁星 suì​xīng)

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