幸 - Xing4 - Fortunate, Lucky
In China, our tour guide was handing out luggage tags. Each one had a number.
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“Here’s your tag, you’re number…. uh oh… I can change this one for you.”
“Why? What’s wrong?” “It’s number 13.” “Oh no, it’s fine, I don’t care about that. Hey, I bet if I were Chinese, you’d make sure I don’t get the number 4, huh.” “Actually 4 is a lucky number now.” “WHAT?” “Yes. Do you know about music? Do, Re, Mi, Fa? The fourth one is Fa, which is a lucky word. So four is a lucky number.” “Wow, I’ve never heard of that. Do all Chinese know about this now?” “Yes… well, there may be some who don’t know yet.” |
So I’m doing my part to get the word out. Hear ye, hear ye! 4 is no longer unlucky! It’s actually LUCKY now!
You’re welcome.
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