年夜饭

Traditional form:

年夜飯

Pinyin (reading):

niányèfàn

Definitions:

• reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)

Characters:

• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice

Traditional characters:

• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice