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Five Red Bats
紅五蝠 is a play on words in Chinese because of some homophones.
The first thing you need to know is that the word for bat, 蝠, sounds exactly like the word for good fortune, 福. Thus, bats are often associated with good luck and good fortune in Chinese culture.
Five bats (五福 / 五蝠) means “five fortunes,” referring to luck, prosperity, wealth, happiness, and longevity.
The word red, 红, has the same sound as 宏 meaning vast, great, or magnificent. Therefore, a red bat means “vast fortune.”
Altogether, five red bats represent vast reaches of the five fortunes.
Blessings on this Home
五福臨門 means “five good fortunes arrive [at the] door.”
It is understood to mean “may the five blessings descend upon this home.”
These blessings are known in ancient China to be: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and natural death (living to old age). This is one of several auspicious sayings you might hear during the Chinese New Year.
Flowers Bloom and Flowers Fall
花開花落 is a complete proverb that lightly speaks of the cycle of life, or how things come and go in life.
This is used as a metaphor to suggest that youth is a temporary state that in time will pass.
This can also be used to suggest that fortunes can come and go (everything is temporary).
Note: There are two very similar versions of this proverb. The other uses a word that means wither instead of fall.
Flowers Bloom and Flowers Wither
花開花謝 is a complete proverb that lightly speaks of the cycle of life, or how things come and go in life.
This is used as a metaphor to suggest that youth is a temporary state, which in time, will pass.
This proverb can be used to suggest that fortunes can come and go (everything is temporary).
Note: There are two very similar versions of this proverb. The other uses a word that means fall instead of wither.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
籙 箓 see styles |
lù lu4 lu |
record book; archive; Taoist written charm; document of prophecy attesting to dynastic fortunes |
低谷 see styles |
dī gǔ di1 gu3 ti ku |
valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes |
国運 see styles |
kokuun / kokun こくうん |
national fortunes; destiny of a country |
家運 see styles |
kaun かうん |
fortunes of a family |
武運 see styles |
buun / bun ぶうん |
fortunes of war |
社運 社运 see styles |
shè yùn she4 yun4 she yün shaun しゃうん |
social movement (abbr. for 社會運動|社会运动[she4 hui4 yun4 dong4]) company fortunes; future of a company |
翻身 see styles |
fān shēn fan1 shen1 fan shen |
to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes |
衰運 衰运 see styles |
shuāi yùn shuai1 yun4 shuai yün suiun すいうん |
decline in fortunes declining fortunes |
退勢 see styles |
taisei / taise たいせい |
decline; one's declining fortunes; decay |
退潮 see styles |
tuì cháo tui4 chao2 t`ui ch`ao tui chao taichou / taicho たいちょう |
(of a tide) to ebb or go out (noun/participle) ebb tide; waning fortunes |
頽勢 see styles |
taisei / taise たいせい |
decline; one's declining fortunes; decay |
落ち目 see styles |
ochime おちめ |
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes |
栄花物語 see styles |
eigamonogatari / egamonogatari えいがものがたり |
(wk) Eiga Monogatari (11-12C epic); A Tale of Flowering Fortunes |
栄華物語 see styles |
eigamonogatari / egamonogatari えいがものがたり |
(wk) Eiga Monogatari (11-12C epic); A Tale of Flowering Fortunes |
武運長久 see styles |
buunchoukyuu / bunchokyu ぶうんちょうきゅう |
(expression) (yoji) continued luck in the fortunes of war |
退勢挽回 see styles |
taiseibankai / taisebankai たいせいばんかい |
restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend |
Variations: |
taisei / taise たいせい |
decline; one's declining fortunes; decay |
風水輪流轉 风水轮流转 see styles |
fēng shuǐ lún liú zhuàn feng1 shui3 lun2 liu2 zhuan4 feng shui lun liu chuan |
fortunes rise and fall; times change |
身代を傾ける see styles |
shindaiokatamukeru しんだいをかたむける |
(exp,v1) to squander one's fortunes |
打っちゃり(rK) |
ucchari うっちゃり |
(1) (kana only) {sumo} backward pivot throw; technique of leaning back and carrying one's opponent round and out of the ring; (2) (kana only) turning the tables (on someone) at the last moment; last-minute reversal of fortunes |
Variations: |
eigamonogatari / egamonogatari えいがものがたり |
(work) Eiga Monogatari (11-12C epic); A Tale of Flowering Fortunes |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Five Red Bats | 紅五蝠 红五蝠 | hóng wǔ fú hong2 wu3 fu2 hong wu fu hongwufu | hung wu fu hungwufu |
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| Blessings on this Home | 五福臨門 五福临门 | wǔ fú lín mén wu3 fu2 lin2 men2 wu fu lin men wufulinmen | ||
| Flowers Bloom and Flowers Fall | 花開花落 花开花落 | huā kāi huā luò hua1 kai1 hua1 luo4 hua kai hua luo huakaihualuo | hua k`ai hua lo huakaihualo hua kai hua lo |
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| Flowers Bloom and Flowers Wither | 花開花謝 花开花谢 | huā kāi huā xiè hua1 kai1 hua1 xie4 hua kai hua xie huakaihuaxie | hua k`ai hua hsieh huakaihuahsieh hua kai hua hsieh |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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