100,000 clean streets to greet "Little New Year"

时间：2007-02-12 00:51:34

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Beijing, Feb. 11 - About 100,000 Beijing residents took their brooms outdoors on Saturday for a "Clean City" drive to mark traditional Chinese "Little New Year" --- a week before "New Year," or Spring Festival, Xinhua reported.

 

Volunteer environmental inspectors1 could also be seen in the streets, dissuading2 citizens from uncivil behavior such as spitting and littering.

 

The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called "xiao nian" in Chinese, which literally3 means "Little New Year." Traditionally it is an important occasion when people offer sacrifices to the "Kitchen God" who looks after the family's fortunes.

 

According to traditional Chinese beliefs, the "Kitchen God" goes up to heaven to give his annual report to the "Jade4 Emperor," the supreme5 leader, about the family's activities over the past year. The god returns to his freshly cleaned shrine6 on New Year's Eve.

 

"Little New Year" is also a day for families to carefully and thoroughly7 clean their houses so that they are bright and clean --polishing the furniture, cleaning walls and sweeping8 floors.

 
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1 inspectors e7f2779d4a90787cc7432cd5c8b51897     
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
参考例句：
  • They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 dissuading 9ca7cefbd11d7fe8f2029a3d74e52166     
劝（某人）勿做某事，劝阻( dissuade的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • If he has once fastened upon an idea,there is no dissuading him from it. 他一旦认准一个主意，就不可能让他放弃。
3 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
参考例句：
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
4 jade i3Pxo     
n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠
参考例句：
  • The statue was carved out of jade.这座塑像是玉雕的。
  • He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。
5 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
6 shrine 0yfw7     
n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣
参考例句：
  • The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
  • They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
7 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地
参考例句：
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
8 sweeping ihCzZ4     
adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的
参考例句：
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

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