吉祥如意
jí xiáng rú yì
good fortune and everything as you wish
Character by character
吉jí
lucky
lucky
祥xiáng
auspicious
auspicious
如rú
as
as
意yì
wished
wished
Example
红包上印着“吉祥如意”四个金字。
The red envelope was printed with four gold characters: “good fortune and all you wish for”.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
A set greeting on cards, couplets and gifts; written more often than said in conversation.
Learn this in Lesson 37 · HSK 5–6: 讨个吉利 (Lucky numbers and lucky words)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.
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