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Longevity is commonly recognized as one of the Five Blessings (wǔfú 五福 – longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue, a peaceful death) of Chinese belief [3] that are often depicted in the homophonous rendition of five flying bats because the word for "bat" in Chinese (fú 蝠) sounds like the word for "good fortune" or "happiness" (fú ...
Fu, Lu, and Shou (traditional Chinese: 福 祿 壽; simplified Chinese: 福 禄 寿; pinyin: Fú Lù Shòu; Cantonese Yale: Fūk Luhk Sauh), or Cai, Zi and Shou (財子壽) are also the embodiments of Fortune , presiding over the planet Jupiter, Prosperity (Lu), presiding over Mizar (ζ Ursa Majoris), and Longevity , presiding over Canopus.
Wufu (Chinese: 五福), meaning the five blessings, is a concept that signify a grouping of certain good fortunes and luck in Chinese culture. The number five is regarded as an auspicious number in Chinese traditions and closely associated with the Five Elements ( Wu Xing , Chinese: 五行 ), which are essential for a good life as well as the ...
Stylized character Wealth Fo (佛) Chinese character Buddha Fu (福) Chinese character Upright prosperity/ good luck Upside down Stylized symbol prosperity/ good luck Lu (禄) Chinese character Stylized symbol Shou: Chinese character longevity Stylized symbol Shou with wan Wan Chinese character Ten thousand years Xi (double happiness)
The Chinese idea of the universal God is expressed in different ways. There are many names of God from the different sources of Chinese tradition. [17] The radical Chinese terms for the universal God are Tian (天) and Shangdi (上帝, "Highest Deity") or simply, Dì (帝, "Deity"). [18] [19] There is also the concept of Tàidì (太帝, "Great ...
Suicide Notes Laid on the Table (遺書、公開。, Isho, Kōkai.) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toutarou Minami. It was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine from September 2017 to January 2022. A live-action film adaptation is set to premiere in Japanese theaters in January 2025.
The third treasure is a six-character phrase instead of a single word: Bugan wei tianxia xian 不敢為天下先 "not dare to be first/ahead in the world". Chen notes that Chen notes that The third treasure, daring not be at the world's front, is the Taoist way to avoid premature death.
The List of Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese (simplified Chinese: 现代汉语常用字表; traditional Chinese: 現代漢語常用字表; pinyin: Xiàndài Hànyǔ Chángyòngzì Biǎo) is a list of 3,500 frequently-used Chinese characters, which are further divided into two levels: 2,500 frequently-used characters and 1,000 less frequently-used characters.