Larry Language Lover Posted January 26, 2020 at 07:57 PM Report Posted January 26, 2020 at 07:57 PM Could someone tell me what this means and write it in typed characters? It is written by a native Chinese. Thanks! Quote
feihong Posted January 26, 2020 at 08:56 PM Report Posted January 26, 2020 at 08:56 PM 諸事亨通 It is in traditional Chinese characters and are well wishes for the new year. It means “everything prosperous”. 2 Quote
Larry Language Lover Posted January 27, 2020 at 09:23 AM Author Report Posted January 27, 2020 at 09:23 AM Thank you! I didn't realize it was traditional because the girl is from mainland China. Quote
abcdefg Posted January 27, 2020 at 01:18 PM Report Posted January 27, 2020 at 01:18 PM 3 hours ago, Larry Language Lover said: I didn't realize it was traditional because the girl is from mainland China. Mainlanders use traditional characters when they want something to have a "special ring" or to stand out. Names of stores and names of products sometimes are written in traditional characters, even on the mainland. That's probably why this new year greeting was written that way. To mark the words as being for a special occasion. Quote
feihong Posted January 27, 2020 at 02:02 PM Report Posted January 27, 2020 at 02:02 PM They’re in traditional characters but it may be a particular style of calligraphy. I had a hard figuring out what the last two characters were despite knowing both of them. In particular, note how different the third character 亨 is from the standard way of writing it. Quote
889 Posted January 28, 2020 at 08:49 AM Report Posted January 28, 2020 at 08:49 AM This would have been a little more appropriate last year: Quote
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