observe the year out on New Year´s Eve stay up all night on New Year´s Eve and “sit out the year”
Shou Sui, that is, the last day of the old do not sleep at night, stay up all night to greet the new year´s arrival of the customs, also known as New Year´s Eve Shou Sui, the common name ´boil years.´
守岁,就是在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡觉,熬夜迎接新一年的到来的习俗,也叫除夕守岁,俗名“熬年”。
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