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nàme ，zài nǐ de jiāxiāng ，zài Liáoníng ，yǒu shénme tèbié de Chūnjié de xísú ma ？yībān wǒmen shuō de xísú ，bǐrú shuō ，běifāngrén chī jiǎozi ma ，hái yǒu jiù yǒude dìfang shì chī niángāo shénme de ，háiyǒu shōu yāsuìqián 。zài Liáoníng yǒu shénme bǐjiào tèbié yīdiǎn de xísú ？

So, in your hometown, in Liaoning, what special New Year customs do you have? We generally talk about customs, for example, northerners eat dumplings. Also, people in some places eat New Year cakes. And some people give envelopes of money. Do you have any special customs in Liaoning?

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年糕和汤圆准备好了吗？

niángāo hé tāngyuán zhǔnbèihǎo le ma ？

Have you prepared the rice cakes and the rice ball soup?

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汤圆我准备了一些，团团圆圆。不过，有了汤圆和饺子，年糕就不要了吧。吃不下。

tāngyuán wǒ zhǔnbèi le yīxiē ，tuántuányuányuán 。bùguò ，yǒu le tāngyuán hé jiǎozi ，niángāo jiù bùyào le ba 。chībuxià 。

I've prepared some rice ball soup to celebrate coming together with relatives. However, we don't need to have rice ball soup, dumplings and rice cakes right? We won't be able to eat all of it.

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这是讨个彩头，又不是真的要你吃很多。不吃年糕，明年怎么能走“高”呢。

zhè shì tǎo gè cǎitóu ，yòu bù shì zhēnde yào nǐ chī hěn duō 。bù chī niángāo ，míngnián zěnme néng zǒu “gāo ”ne 。

This is for the good omen. You aren't really going to eat a lot of it. If you don't eat rice cakes, how will you be able to go higher next year?

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我们吃年糕。一年比一年“高”，就是一年比一年好。

wǒmen chī niángāo 。yī nián bǐ yī nián “gāo ”，jiùshì yī nián bǐ yī nián hǎo 。

We eat sticky rice cakes. We get taller every year, and so every year is better than the last.

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