Across
- 2. NE4 / DT19
- 4. In the beginning I am Green, after which I become my name. I am a/an ______
- 5. The name of this fruit in mandarin literally means “Golden Tangerine”
- 7. Having a meal with animals and flowers?
- 9. Chinese close-fitting dress
- 12. Staying up late on the eve of Chinese New Year is said to bring _____ to one’s parents
- 15. Kueh _____ (Coconut cookies)
- 16. The commonality between Sweeping, eating porridge, and washing your hair during CNY
- 18. Packet drink brand that you might consume while visiting relatives
- 20. Get together. Also an island in the Indian Ocean
- 21. Chinese geomancy
- 23. Auspicious number
- 28. Obtained fourth place in the animal zodiac race
- 30. 5 of these are approximately equivalent to 2 bowls of rice in calories
- 32. Scares nian
- 33. 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
- 34. Mobile Light
- 35. The only loser in the animal zodiac race
- 36. Month of CNY 2022
- 37. This food item sounds like ‘surplus’ in mandarin
- 40. This food item symbolises fertility and having many children
- 42. The position luck takes so that it arrives
- 43. This plant can be often seen tied with red ribbons, and sometimes bent into various shapes for CNY decoration
Down
- 1. Chinese tradition dictates that the amount to be put in a red packet during CNY should be _____
- 3. Eaten on the 15th day of CNY
- 6. Prized seafood
- 8. Street parade held every year as a part of CNY celebrations
- 10. 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
- 11. Kueh _____ (Asian Madeleines)
- 13. You toss as high as possible when mixing this dish (In mandarin)
- 14. 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028
- 17. 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030
- 19. The sale of this is banned in Singapore
- 22. Notes of affection?
- 24. Obtained tenth place in the animal zodiac race
- 25. Confectionary eaten annually? (In mandarin)
- 26. English name of the Ngaku plant, which can be fried to make chips as CNY snacks
- 27. Zodiac sign for 2022
- 29. AA
- 31. The winner of the animal zodiac race
- 33. Another name for CNY
- 38. Obtained seventh place in the animal zodiac race
- 39. Number of days CNY lasts for (Excluding the eve)
- 40. Item adorned on the head of the lion in a lion dance to ward off evil spirits
- 41. Mythical beast that attacked villagers every CNY
