春节临近,接下来的几期我们就以春节为主题,通过英文来看看我们的传统节日春节里包含的文化和故事。
今天的小主播Jiar小朋友,将给我们带来春节文化《吉祥话》。
Today,we will talk about some “must know” words in spring festival. It's very important you know how to say a couple of them in Chinese new year.
今天我们就来聊聊吉祥话,在过年期间,亲戚朋友见面,我们通常要说吉祥话,这是一种祝福。
When you wish somebody well,for example , I wish you make a lot of money,hope you a good health, in Chinese culture, we need use four character phrases to express those feelings.
通常,当你祝福别人的时候,比如恭喜发财,我们通常不会说恭喜你发财,恭喜他发财,我们要说恭喜发财。祝福语言我们通常要用四个字来表示,就是四字成语。
那么有哪些吉祥话是非常受欢迎的呢?我们一起来看一看。
1)新年快乐 Happy new year.
2)恭喜发财 Hope you make a lot of money
3)财源滚滚 Money luck to roll in
4)心想事成 To have all of one's wishes come true
5)万事如意 May everything you wish go well.
6)红 包 Red envelope filled with cash.
The four characters“吉祥话”, especially for kids is “红包” ,at spring festival , your family (your uncle/your auntie )would ask you : ”do you want your red envelopes”?First say your“lucky phases” or "lucky words"。
新年的吉祥话里对孩子来说最重要的是红包,春节期间你的家人(叔叔阿姨爷爷奶奶)就会问你,想不要要红包啊?这时候小朋友需要先对大人讲吉祥话。比如: “身体健康,心想事成,吉祥如意、财源滚滚。。。”
Ok, today we talked about “吉祥话”,and next year is the year of the rooster,I hope you have a most happy New Year.And see you next time ,bye bye.
今天我们讨论了吉祥话,明年是鸡年,鸡年未到,祝福先行,祝您在新的一年里身体健康、心想事成、万事如意。