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Q: Common phrases for health, prosperity, etc. for Spring Festival?
I'm very soon going to be at big dinners with some relatively important people, then the next day at an equally big table but with the family of my Chinese gf.
Could someone give me some good expressions to say around the Chinese New Year, and would there be any difference in what I would say at those two tables?
Thanks!
Common Greeting Sayings in Chinese New Year
????????(xīn nián kuài lè) Happy New Year!
?????? (guò nián hǎo) Happy New Year!
???????? (xīn nián jìn bù) New Year’s progress (This is appropriate to greet any person, no matter elder, young or of any relationship.)
?????l?? (gōng xǐ fā cái) happy and prosperous (It is always used as the phrase when one receiving gifts or lucky money during Chinese New Year.)
???????? (cái yuán guǎng jìn) wealth pores in from all directions
???????? (nián nián yǒu yú) always get more than you wish for (a wish for surpluses and bountiful harvests every year)
???????? (jí xīng gāo zhào) smiles of fortune
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(jí xiáng rú yì) good fortunes as you wishes
Greeting sayings for health
???????? (lóng mǎ jīng shén) spirit of dragon and horse
???????? (shēn tǐ jiàn kāng) enjoy good health
???????? (jīng líng huó pō) aware and active (It is specially used for children with the age under 10 years, wishing them to be active and smart.)
Greeting sayings to work and business
???????? (shēng yì xīng lóng) prosperous business
???????? (wàn shì rú yì) good luck in every thing
???????? (gōng zuò shùn lì) everything goes well with your work
???????? (shì yè yǒu chéng) succeed in your careers
???????? (píng bù qīng yún) have a meteoric rise (usually used to wishes for promotion)
???????? (mǎ dào chéng gōng) success immediately upon arrival (It is usually used to express the wish for succeeding in doing something, like taking part in an emanation, a negotiation and a competition.)
Greeting sayings for study
???????? (xué yè yǒu chéng) have success at school
???????? (xué xí jìn bù) progress in studies
These two phrases are greeting sayings reserved for students, wishing them improvements in their studies.
???????? (jīn bǎng tí míng) succeed in the examination (This reserved for those are going to take some important examinations, including students.)
Greeting saying to family
????????(hé jiā huān lè) felicity of whole family
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