健康healthy; in normal condition
写法writing method; style of writing
压岁钱money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
发财get rich; ask somebody where he or she works by way of asking where he or she makes a fortune
外地part of the country other than where one lives
守岁stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve
怪不得no/little wonder; not to blame
窗花paper-cutting pasted on panes
解释explain; explain implications, reasons, causes, etc.
趟procession; for a street or things arranged in a row
难道used to reiterate/give force a rhetorical question
鞭炮firecrackers; string of small firecrackers
鲁迅Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, China's foremost writer of the 20th century
孔乙己Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun
阿Q正传The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun