Tuesday 8 February 2005

Kung Hei Fat Choy

Wednesday is Chinese New Year. May I take this opportunity to say "Kung Hei Fat Choy" to you.



The single character above is the word "luck". It is upside down. Some of us do this deliberately because "inverted" in Chinese sounds like "arrive". Hence, it means "luck arrive". Since we don't have tense, so it applies to all possible combination of is, will be, was, has etc.

The Fai-Chun on the left literally is "one sail wind smooth" meaning smooth sailing. The one on the right is "heart/mind think thing success" meaning whatever you wish will come true.


On the left: "out in safely (last two characters combined"
On the right: "business (first two characters) prosperous (last two characters)











n the left: "as you wish (first two characters) lucky and in harmony(last two characters combined"
On the right: "body (as in health)(first two characters) healthy(last two characters)











On the left: "peace (first two characters) make money(last two characters combined"
On the right: "everything (first two characters) better than you wish for (last two characters)









On the left: "luck longevity health calm"
On the right: "study(first two characters) improve (last two characters)











On the left: "dragon horse spirited(last two characters)"
On the right: "your whole family(first two characters) safe (last two characters)











Wishing you all a happy and wealthy Chinese New Year of the Rooster.

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