The Spring Festival is also a time for people to pray for happiness and auspiciousness. For example, as a homophone, niangao means higher and higher, one year after another.

这个春节，它求吉祥，你比如说年糕，这年糕什么意思呢，是年年高。

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Southern Chinese eat niangao (New year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another."

南方人在春节早晨吃年糕(由糯米粉制作的新年年糕)，因为年糕的同音是每年节节高升。

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A YEAR after the credit crisis exploded, policymakers are scrabbling for ideas on how to prevent another one.

经济学人- - -信贷危机爆发一年以后，决策者费劲心思考虑如何避免另一场信贷危机。

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It is widely expected to do the same later this year, particularly after a total of 20 billion yuan in one-year bills mature in May, according to another person familiar with the situation.

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