New Year's greetings/New Year's blessings: 新年祝福语、拜年语

Chinese New Year (CNY): 中国新年

Lunar New Year: 农历新年

Spring Festival: 春节

Chinese New Year is just around the corner: 中国新年马上要到了

Chinese zodiac: 十二生肖 （星座也叫zodiac，所以中国生肖会加"Chinese"来区别。也可称为Chinese zodiac animals)

还有一个更口语的说法

Chinese animal year: 生肖年

What’s the Chinese animal year next year? 明年是什么生肖年？

What's your Chinese zodiac animal? 你的生肖是什么？

龙年要用两个“The”

生肖的英语表达结构是：

The year of the+生肖

The Year of the dragon: 龙年

Next year is the year of the dragon: 明年是龙年

The year of the dragon is my animal year. /It's my Chinese zodiac year: 龙年是我的本命年

I was born in the year of the dragon: 我是龙年生的

Last year was the year of the rabbit: 去年是兔年

不过，口语里也可以省略第一个the, 说“year of the dragon“

“我属龙”可不是“I am the dragon”

但是，说到个人生肖，可不能用the。比如你属龙，千万别说"I'm the dragon"

正确的说法是：

I'm a dragon: 我属龙

其它生肖也同理

Jenny is a dog. Jason is a pig: Jenny属狗、Jason属猪

虽然乍一听很奇怪，但在这个语境里，这是正确的表达方式。

Dragon symbolizes power, majesty and dominance: 龙象征着权威、华贵和强大

英语龙年大拜年

Most of the greetings are Chinese idioms: 接着要分享的大部分拜年语都是成语

However, a lot of the beauty in these idioms is inevitably lost in translation: 但是很可惜，成语翻译成英语，不免会缺失一些美

Word for word translations don’t work or very rarely work: 大部分情况下，逐字字面翻译行不通

接下来的这些龙年拜年语，Jenny和Jason每一条1）先列出字面翻译 2）随后附上符合英语表达习惯的祝福语。您可以直接送出！

龙马精神: "Vigor and Vitality Like a Dragon and Horse"

Vigor: 活力、精神

Vitality: 生命力

祝福语：

Wishing you the spirit of the dragon and the vigor of the stallion: 祝您龙马精神！

Stallion: 骏马、雄马（比horse更好听、也更霸气）

龙腾虎跃: "Dragon Soars and Tiger Leaps"

Soar: 翱翔

Leap: 跳跃、飞跃

祝福语：

Wishing you make magnificent leaps like the dragon and remarkable bounds like the tiger: 祝您龙腾虎跃!

Magnificent: 壮观的、客观的

Remarkable: 卓越的、杰出的

龙腾四海: "Dragon Soars Across the Four Seas"

刚才的"soar"再次出现

祝福语：

May you soar above great oceans and faraway seas like a dragon: 祝您龙腾四海！

为避免重复，用了oceans和seas两个不同的词

龙凤呈祥: "Harmony and Happiness Between the Dragon and Phoenix"

Harmony: 和谐

祝福语：

Wishing you all the bliss and harmony in your marriage like the perfect union between the dragon and phoenix：龙年龙凤呈祥！

这里用了bliss取代happiness, 因为bliss更确切地指夫妻、家庭的幸福

鱼跃龙门: “A Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate"

Carp: 鲤鱼

祝福语：

May you conquer every obstacle, overcome every setback and achieve remarkable transformation: 祝您鱼跃龙门！

Conquer: 征服

Overcome: 克服

Obstacles: 阻碍、障碍

Setback: 挫折

Transformation: 蜕变

最后，祝福大家龙年大吉！愿龙年带给您吉祥好运、事业学业顺利、家庭美满、健康顺遂！

May the Year of the Dragon bring you great luck and success in all your endeavors, bliss in your family and good health for you and all your loved ones!

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