| 小 |
xiǎo chú xī | the day before New Year's Eve |
| 小 |
xiǎo | small / tiny / few / young |
| 除 |
chú | to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including |
| 除 |
Chú xī | lunar New Year's Eve |
| 夕 |
xī | dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4] |