Happy New Year! :)
My mom just gave me a red envelope, saying something along the lines of "wishing you to go ten thousand miles and ten thousand wishes coming true"... In old days in China, ten thousand is so big a number it basically means infinite, so its is wishing for you have an amazing huge future and infinite dreams coming true. Its in a standard pretty proverb format - four words, four words, pleasing to the ears. Cutes.
In contrast, my happy lively grandma then also gave me a "hong bao" and said:
In contrast, my happy lively grandma then also gave me a "hong bao" and said:
- "Well, you're not married, so you still get one. HAHA! You better not avoid marriage just to get my measly red envelopes!!!", and then while giving me the envelope:
- "Wishing you a super great job and a super great boyfriend!!!" Hahahaha. So Chinese. So grandma-y. :)
posted by shirley at 1:45 PM
2 Comments:
So I'm not getting red envelopes because of Chris? No one told me that rule before I got married!!!!
Gotta love Grandma.
Yup. Only for the "xiao hai ze." And until you're married, even if you 25, you are considered a "xiao hai", for better or for worse. ;p
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