五福临门
五福临门
wǔ fú lín mén
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
Traditional: 五福臨門
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- lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)
- (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
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Related Words
年年有馀(nián nián yǒu yú)— lit. (may you) have abundance year after year
→五口通商(wǔ kǒu tōng shāng)— the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
→五味(wǔ wèi)— the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸
→五大名山(Wǔ dà Míng shān)— Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
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