Lucky words

• 1. Chinese new year
• 2. The big red Chinese drums
• 3. Looks forward for the new year
• 4. During sunset/sunrise, the sky is white between the yellow and the blue
• 5. Color probably referring to the seasoning for the fish, or (less likely) new years decorations
• 6. Idiom, literal meaning: to collect a bucket of gold a day
• 7. 1. This part of the song counts like 1, 2, 3 ... 10 things, this is "1" smooth sailing
• 8. 2.
• 9. 3. Three "springs", 三春 refers to the 3 months of spring
• 10. 4.
• 11. 5. Long life, wealth, health, love of virtue, and a peaceful death
• 12. 6. There's some debate of exactly what it means, but basically it means your aunts and uncles and such (your extended family)
• 13. 7. The big dipper. Supposedly each star represents some aspect of the world, combined like a representation of fate
• 14. 8. Eight gods in Taoism, supposedly meeting one is good luck
• 15. Idiom meaning grand or ambitious plans
• 16. 9. In legend, the nine administrative regions of China, basically means all of China
• 17. Literally: Spring and fall
• 18. 10. Literally, 10 directions
• 19. The Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and the Lancang River
• 20. Wealth that has a long history, flowing through time like water
• 21. The entire world, in the past it was believed China was surrounded on all sides by four seas
• 22. Entire phrase basically says "may wealth flow everywhere"
• 23. Heaven and the Earth
• 24. The two phrases mean the same thing so I combined them. In the 2nd phrase, in classical chinese, literally meaning "black-yellow", meaning the color of the sky and earth. Could be interpreted as bless the world with brilliant colors
• 25. Lit: Pine trees, as they were known to live long, so the very old / elderly
• 26. This phrase uses two idioms, approximately translated as “Like 9 divine treasures" and "longevity without limit", both meaning longevity
• 27. Idiom: when the gods are in harmony, writing goes smoothly
• 28. Idiom meaning something is smooth and delicate
• 29. Literally: the common scholars, workers and businessmen
• 30. Idiom: literally a type of bird that could fly ten thousand miles
• 31. The ling is a mythological unicorn dragon creature thing that was thought to bring good luck. To say there is a stone ling in the sky means someone has outstanding talent, so there could be an additional interpretation as bringing talent.
• 32. Metaphor for cherished person/thing
• 33. Meaning truly harmonious couples, always faithful and love each other
• 34. Literally: Golden boys and jade girls
• 35. Nine heavens, meaning something really high or far away
• 36. Literal: to have talent exceeding 8 buckets
• 37. Another idiom, meaning to come out standing out from the others
• 38. Similar to a metaphor meaning to be able to write really fast, writing comes easily
• 39. Idiom indicating creativity and knowledge
• 40. Entire phrase is basically wishing good luck and ease in studies
• 41. 六合, entire world, universe
• 42. The red banners with lucky messages
• 43. Has to do with getting along and respecting others
• 44. In context, probably a road that goes in all cardinal directions, meaning all directions, everywhere
• 45. A concept in Buddhism, the major three are fire, flood and wind
• 46. Written by Mao Zedong, after the construction of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge
• 47. In ancient times the nights were measured with drums that rang every two hours, the drum and the division of time are called a 更. There were 5 divisions per night, so 5 更 is an entire night.
• 48. Approximately what the expression means