添福添寿
tiān​fú​tiān​shòu

to increase luck and longevity

  • created sense approved 添福添寿/添福添壽 · tiān​fú​tiān​shòu · to increase luck and longevity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    添福添寿 / 添福添壽

    tiān​fú​tiān​shòu

    to increase luck and longevity

    (formulaic expression) May your happiness and your life span increase; often used as a polite greeting or wish for elderly people.

    添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 福 (literal) → 福 · fú · good fortune 添 (literal) → 添 · tiān · to add 寿 (literal) → 寿/壽 · shòu · longevity

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense