Thursday, December 5, 2013

Chinese New Year

1. "年年有余" nian nian you yu

2. "年年有鱼" nian nian you yu

The first phrase means that you would have surplus of food and money for every year.
The second phrase means that you would eat fish every year.
Those two phrases happen to have the same pronunciation, so it became a tradition to eat fish every Chinese New Year.

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