年年有餘 (nin4 nin4 jau5 jyu4 | nian2 nian2 you3 yu2) : (may you) have plenty to spare every year

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年年有餘

nin4 nin4 jau5 jyu4

nian2 nian2 you3 yu2

[greeting] (may you) have plenty to spare every year; (may you) have a surplus year after year; (may you) have abundance (in wealth) year in year out

this is a popular Lunar New Year greeting, the wish is to have a surplus in income year in year out. Some people keep a lot of fish because "有魚" sounds like "有餘"

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

年年有餘 / 年年有余

This word has been viewed 2572 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 17th Feb 2007 16:36 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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年 nin4 - year
年 nin4 - year
有 jau5 jau6 - have; there is
餘 jyu4 - remaining; remainder; spare; more than

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