在前几天的那集say hi中,我介绍了有关中国农历新年的故事、习俗和庆祝方式该怎么样用英文来介绍,而今天这一集呢,我想要进一步讲讲新年文化的一部分,就是吉祥话。
我们华人讲的那些「吉祥话」,可不是随便说说的。
每一句背后都有故事、有语言双关、有历史背景,甚至还藏着古代人的世界观。
所以今天这一集,我要带大家用英文,把我们最常讲的过年吉祥话,一句一句讲清楚。
最后,我们再来加码——今年是 马年 🐎,那些跟「马」有关的吉祥话,怎么用英文讲得又有画面、又有文化,来讲给大家听。
📝 本期的知识卡片我们整理在下面啦:
🧧 恭喜发财
English: Wishing you prosperity and wealth / Gong Hei Fat Choi
Culture:
Gong Hei Fat Choi 是粤语版本,来自早期广东、香港移民在西方留下的春节用语。
🧧 年年有余
English: May you have surplus year after year
Culture:
“余”和“鱼”同音,留鱼不吃完,象征把富足留到来年。
🧧 岁岁平安
English: Wishing you peace and safety year after year
Culture:
“岁”和“碎”同音,用语言把不吉利转化为祝福。
🧧 心想事成
English: May all your wishes come true
Culture:
强调内在愿望会带来外在结果,带有东方哲学意味。
🧧 步步高升
English: May you rise higher step by step
Culture:
重视稳定成长,而不是一步登天。
🧧 财源广进
English: May wealth flow in from all directions
Culture:
财富被看作是“流动”而来的机会和连接。
🧧 阖家幸福
English: Wishing happiness to your whole family
Culture:
华人祝福以家庭为单位,而非个人。
🧧 大吉大利
English: Wishing you great luck and great success
Culture:
万能型新年祝福,把所有好运一次打包。
🐎 Year of the Horse|马年吉祥话
🐎 马到成功
Horse English: May success gallop (马飞快地跑)to you on horseback
Natural English: May you achieve instant success
Culture:
马象征速度与成功,这是一句有画面的祝福。
🐎 一马当先
Horse English: May you lead the way like the horse at the front
Natural English: May you always be ahead of others
Culture:
象征领先、带头、主动出发。
🐎 快马加鞭
Horse English: May you spur your horse on to even greater victories
Natural English: May you keep pushing forward and achieve more
Culture:
已经很快了,还要突破自我。
🐎 马不停蹄
Horse English: May your horse never stop running toward your goals
Natural English: May your progress never slow down
Culture:
持续前进,不停歇。
🐎 马上有钱
Horse English: May wealth arrive on horseback right away
Natural English: May money come to you quickly
Culture:
“马上”= 立刻,现代中文谐音梗。
🐎 龙马精神
Horse English: Wishing you the strength of a dragon and the stamina of a horse
Natural English: Wishing you great energy and vitality
Culture:
祝身体健康、精神旺盛,常用于长辈。
🐎 万马奔腾
Horse English: May your year charge forward like ten thousand horses
Natural English: May your year be full of unstoppable momentum
Culture:
形容强大的气势和动能。
🐎 “属马”英文怎么说?
Key Expression:Chinese zodiac sign
常见问法
What’s your Chinese zodiac sign?
标准回答
- I was born in the Year of the Horse.
- My Chinese zodiac sign is the Horse.
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