"Onerous" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fán zhòng heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous
 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
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