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Our guide to the 2026 Lunar New Year  February 17, 2026

 

Buongiorno from week two of the Winter Olympics in beautiful Cortina, Italy. Hope you had a fabulous three-day weekend. I'm Coy Wire here with another fresh episode of CNN 10.

 

Buongiorno 早安; 您好; 日安(。它是意大利语中用于早晨到中午的正式问候语，字面意思是「美好的一天」)

 

A lot went down over the weekend here since the last time I saw you. Let's get you started with some of the incredible moments we had.

 

Norway has continued their dominant runat these winter games with Norwegian skier Johannes Husflot Klebo becoming the most decorated gold medal winning winter Olympian of all time following a win in the men's cross-country skiing relay.

 

decorate [ˈdɛkǝˌrеt] v. 授勋（章）给

relay [ˈrɪlе] n. 接力赛跑

 

It is his ninth career gold and an historic moment on the slopes for Brazilian skier Lucas Pinheiro Braten whose breathtaking finish in the giant slalom landed him gold.

 

slalom [ˈslɑlǝm] n. 障碍滑雪赛

 

It's not just Brazil's first ever Winter Olympics medal, it's the first for all of South America plus one of the most incredible comeback stories you will ever see.

 

Italian skier and flag bearer Frederica Brignone named the snow tiger stunning the world with not one but two gold medals.

 

flag bearer 旗手

 

The win comes just 10 months after a devastating leg injury nearly ended her career. Brignone needed multiple surgeries, couldn't even walk for more than two months. She was out of competition for nearly a year making a return just weeks ahead of these games.

 

And while she says that she'll likely never fully recover, she weighed in on her surreal accomplishments following the races.

 

It's kind of hard. If yeah, I would exchange my two medals for to come back and not have this injury for this is this I'm sure but I'm here and this teach me something more and it happened you have to accept it things are happening in life and and yes so I will continue my my healing for and and just to try to make all the sports that I love.

 

Now, all these historic moments are keeping me pretty busy, but I still had a chance to catch up with a very familiar face.

 

From the stage to the slopes, bringing fire to the snow. Got a clock around his chest, Flavor Flav still in the show.

 

From Mike's to the monobob, always bringing joy. When Flavor 's in the house, yeah, yeah, boy!

 

monobob [ˈmɑnǝbɑb] n. 女子单人雪车

 

And that's right, just like Fly Stone said, we're gonna take you higher with Coy Wire, yeah!

 

That's right, none other than Flavor Flav, the Public Enemy rapper, is the official hype man and sponsor of this year's Team USA bobsled and skeleton cruise.

 

hype man 舞台助场歌手、带动气氛者

bobsled [ˈbɑbslɛd]  n. 大雪橇；（比賽用）連橇；連橇賽

skeleton [ˈskɛlǝtṇ] n. 空架雪车，又称俯式冰橇

 

And he's taken his role very seriously, even hitting the ice himself to prepare for the games. Here's what he had to say about that.

 

That ride was crazy, but I really enjoyed it.

 

And see, I'm an adrenaline junkie. You know, I'm a big kid, I never grew up. You know what I'm saying? I like exciting things.

 

adrenaline junkie 肾上腺素成瘾者; 寻求刺激的人

 

And then I saw the skeleton. I said, oh my God, I gotta try that. I topped out at 66 miles per hour, bro.

 

I enjoyed it so much, Coy, I joined the team.

 

Meanwhile, a unique decades-long traditionis going strong on the sidelines of these games. Pin trading draws fans from all over the world as they look to swap lapel pins, stories, and other swag.

 

pin trading 徽章交换; 别针交换

lapel pin 胸章

lapel [lǝˈpɛl] n.（西服上的）翻领

 

Our Antonia Mortensen got an up-close look to see what it's all about.

 

This is an Olympic tradition you might not know about, and it's been going on for decades. It's called pin trading.

 

So I'm about to do my first pin trade, never done one before. I bought my first pin this morning. All right.

 

This is the day-off pin. It's great. And so what will you trade me for? Well, I will trade you anything that you'd like on here, but I have one I'll suggest, and that is a USA pin.

 

day-off pin 休假徽章; 休息日别针

 

If you'd like that, those are very popular. Amazing. Okay, I will accept.

 

Some pins may go for $300, $400. I've seen pins as high as $2,000.

 

And the exciting part about it for me is it's a great way to meet people, because if you think about it, if you walk down the street anywhere in the world and you're just walking down the street, it's hard to go up to somebody that you don't know and have them accept you easily.

 

That's my very first pin. I love collecting the pins at the Olympics I go to.

 

They're very special. So while I'm here, I try to get venue pins or mascot pins.

 

And how long have you been a pin trader? I've been a pin trader since 1972.

 

My first game was in Munich when I was 10 years old. By the end of the games, I wound up with 60 pins.

 

Hi, I'm Andrew. I have a problem.

 

Would you do a trade with me? I'll give you one. You'll give me one? Yeah, that's a torch relay pin from Vancouver 2010, and I actually ran with the torch.

 

That's what this is all about. You make friends right here in this room, all these different pin collectors. I probably know half of them.

 

The origins of the Olympic pins can be traced back to the first modern games of Athens in 1896, where delegations wore official cardboard badges. But the trading of pins first began in the 1980s and is still going strong.

 

Now to the International Space Station which is back to being fully staffed one month after a medical emergency forced its previous crew to return to earth early

 

One ignition and liftoff go falcon go dragon and godspeed crew 12

 

godspeed [ˈɡɑdˌspid] n. 祝成功; 祝幸运; 祝一路平安

 

Four astronauts docked safely over the weekend as part of the Crew 12 mission following roughly 30 hours of spaceflight. Their arrival was a welcome sight and brings the headcount aboard the orbiting lab back to the optimal number of seven.

 

headcount [ˈhɛdkaʊnt] n. 数人头，清点人数

 

A skeleton crew of just three astronauts had been running the station following Crew 11's abrupt departure, limiting the amount of research that could be conducted.

 

During their roughly eight month stay on the space station, the Crew 12 astronauts are slated to carry out an array of research projects including ultrasound scans of their blood vessels, research related to bacteria that cause pneumonia, and even simulated lunar landings that will help NASA prepare for the upcoming Artemis missions.

 

Pop Quiz Hot Shot.

 

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. What activity do observers typically avoid?

 

Cooking, cleaning, spending money, or wearing new clothes?

 

If you said cleaning, you so fresh and so clean clean. Asian cultures who celebrate the Lunar New Year believe that sweeping or taking out the trash symbolizes throwing away the good fortune that just came in.

 

So maybe a good excuse to get out of some of those chores later today.

 

chore [tʃor] n. 家庭杂务; 日常零星活儿

 

The biggest holiday across much of Asia begins today, marking the start of a new year on the lunar calendar and a fresh beginning filled with family, traditions, hopes for prosperity, even robots performing Kung Fu.

 

In the Chinese zodiac, each year is assigned one of 12 animals and one of five elements in a repeating 60-year pattern.

 

This time the zodiac aligns under the fire horse.

 

The horse is a powerful fire element, so it's a pure fire year. So fire is a very strong energy, very energetic.

 

And for many celebrating, luck isn't just symbolic, it's something you can share. Across East Asia, people exchange crisp cash and red envelopes to pass good fortune into the new year ahead. CNN's Will Ripley takes us to Taiwan where fresh bills and lucky numbers are in high demand.

 

crisp cash 刚印制、未使用过、平整且边角尖锐的新钞

crisp [krɪsp] adj.（纸或布）挺括的，平展的

 

Lunar New Year is almost here and people are lining up at banks like this here in Taiwan to get crisp new bills and red envelopes. Red symbolizes luck, protection and new beginnings.

 

And the cash inside is meant to pass good fortune from the giver to the receiver, especially from elders to kids or bosses to employees.

 

Now here in Taiwan, like much of East Asia, brand new money is seen as a fresh start, clean and lucky. Old crumpled bills like this, bad vibes and bad luck. People line up even longer to get these rare $202,000 new Taiwan bills.

 

crumpled [ˈkrʌmpld] adj. 皱巴巴的; 扭曲的；压瘪的

 

They can put all five colors of Taiwanese currency in red packets for extra good luck. Here in Taiwan, people favor even lucky sounding red envelope amounts like $600, $800 or $1600 for smoothness and prosperity, while avoiding any amount with a number four, because it sounds like the Mandarin Chinese word for death.

 

Today's story, getting a 10 out of 10 goes the extra mile.

 

Actually make that 183 miles across seven continents.

 

So I did the world marathon challenge, which is seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

 

Dawn Doucette's journey began in the coldest continent, Antarctica.

 

26.2 miles later, she was on the move again, racing from Africa to Australia and across the Middle East, Europe and South America before completing her final marathon back in the United States. She logged plenty of distance on foot and even more in the air. Talk about a frequent flyer.

 

frequent flyer 通常指「飞行常客」或「常旅客」，指频繁搭乘飞机的旅客

 

I think I ran for just over 29 hours, but you spent way more time than that on a plane.

 

Doucette placed third among women in the global challenge. She's now completed more than 80 marathons, including two on every continent and one in all 50 states.

 

She's resting briefly before her next challenge, hiking to Everest base camp.

 

You never know what tomorrow is going to bring. So I feel like if there's something you want to do, if there's a challenge, something you want to accomplish, do it now. Talk about an adrenaline junkie.

 

All right, sunshine, I've got some shout outs today. This first one goes to Mr. McCray at Dillon High School in Dillon, South Carolina. Thank you for subscribing and commenting on our YouTube channel.

 

And this shout out goes to Mrs. Del Principe at Sonoran Heights Middle School in Surprise, Arizona. Congratulations on that flag football district championship.

 

Back to back. Yes, sir. All right, tomorrow is Your Word Wednesday, so submit that unique vocabulary word on my latest post on Instagram @Coywire or @CNN10, and we're going to choose one lucky winner to work into tomorrow's show.

 

Have an awesome one. I'll see you tomorrow right back here on CNN10. I'm Coy Wire.

 

Arrivederci!

 

Arrivederci (意大利语)  再见; 期待再相会  (这是一种比较正式且得体的道别方式，适用于多数社交场合)