by naumachy » Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:05 pm
tharrot wrote:username; tharrot
name; Hongbao [ 紅包 ]
what do they think about celebrations? A time to give red envelopes!!!
The most important thing is not the money, but the red paper of the red envelope itself
RED symbolizes happiness and fortune, thus wrapping your money in red is a way of blessing the receivers
When Hongbao was a child, he used to receive red envelopes, but now as an adult, it's his turn to continue the tradition & give back
On CNY, he hands out red envelopes to every child in the village, only asking for an auspicious new years greeting in return
Some popular CNY greetings include:
(a) 恭喜發財,紅包拿來 (gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái) - Wishing you happiness and prosperity; give me a red envelope.
(b) 年年有餘 (niánnián yǒuyú) - Surplus year-after-year
(c) 身體健康 (shēntǐ jiànkāng) - Enjoy good health
(d) 吉祥如意 (jíxiáng rúyì) - Good fortune according to your wishes
And more greetings in line with the year of the Ox: 牛 (niǔ) means "ox"
(e) 牛氣沖天 (niǔqì chōngtiān) - Wishing you the "Chi" of being great reaches up to the heaven. No one is able to stop that.
(f) 牛轉乾坤 (niǔzhuǎn qiǎnkūn) - Wishing you turning all bad things around, into a good brand new world.
xxx"niǔ" 牛 in this phrase is used as a pun, which has two meanings: "to turn around" 扭轉 and "ox" 牛轉
congrats !! thank you to everyone who entered, it was really cool to learn some greetings & i can totally see this dude happy to continue the tradition !
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