好事成双

hǎo shì chéng shuāng

good things come in pairs

Character by character

好hǎo
good

事shì
things

成chéng
become

双shuāng
pair

真是好事成双：他刚找到工作，女朋友又答应嫁给他了。

Good things come in pairs: he has just found a job, and now his girlfriend has agreed to marry him.

Tone: positive (praise).

Said when two happy events come together; it is also why wedding gifts and red envelopes usually come in even numbers.

Learn this in Lesson 37 · HSK 5–6: 讨个吉利 (Lucky numbers and lucky words)

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