Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Crossword Puzzle

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� � � � � � � � � � �More advanced students looking for an added challenge can fill out the correct answers using 汉字 - Chinese characters!

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� � � � 1. What is the Chinese idiom meaning “Hope you have an abundance every year”?3. How do you say “Spring Festival” in Chinese?5. What is the Chinese saying for “Wishing you prosperity”?7. What is the name of the food that literally means “soup balls” in English?8. What is the name of the food that literally means “year cake” in English?

� � � � � � 2. What is the Chinese word for “dumplings”?4. What is the Chinese word that means “to be born in the year of…”?6. What is the Chinese word that means “the year of the zodiac one was born in”?7. What is the Chinese word for “reunion dinner”? 9. What is the word meaning “red envelope” that people give as gifts during Spring Festival?10. How do Chinese people say “celebrate the new year”?11. What is the Chinese word for “fish”, an important Chinese dish during the holiday?12. What is the Chinese word for the red “rhyming couplets” that are hung by people’s doors?

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