1 this year

1 surname Nian

1 to pay a New Year call

2 to wish sb a Happy New Year

1 New Year

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)

2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us

3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)

2 early planning is the key to success

1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact