扫房：spring cleaning
守岁：staying up
拜年：pay a New Year's call
祭祖：offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
祭财神：worship the God of Wealth
春联：Spring Festival couplets
贴倒福：paste the Chinese character "Fu" upside down
去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune
辞旧岁：bid farewell to the old year
兆头：omen
禁忌：taboo
烧香：burn incense
