auspicious red paper strip for Lunar New Year
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
auspicious strips of red paper for the Lunar New Year
dialectA traditional folk custom where strips of red paper with short, lucky phrases or couplets are pasted on doorframes, walls, or pillars to welcome the new year and pray for good fortune. The term is marked as dialectal (方言), but the custom is widespread.
Nǎi奶
nai奶
zài在
mén门
shàng上
tiē贴
le了
hǎo好
jǐ几
tiáo条
chūn春
tiáo条
。
Grandma pasted several auspicious red paper strips on the door.
Zhè这
fù副
chūn春
tiáo条
shàng上
xiě写
zhe着
“
chū出
mén门
jiàn见
xǐ喜
”
。
This set of spring strips is written with the phrase 'encounter joy when you go out.'
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Guò过
nián年
le了
，
jiā家
jiā家
hù户
hù户
dōu都
tiē贴
shàng上
le了
hóng红
hóng红
de的
chūn春
tiáo条
。
It's the Lunar New Year, and every household has pasted on red spring strips.