五福临门
wǔ fú lín mén
Pinyin

Definition

五福临门
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wǔ fú lín mén
  1. lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)
  2. (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

五
wǔ
  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
幸福
xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
祝福
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
五一
wǔ yī
  1. 1 5-1 (May 1st)
五十
wǔ shí
  1. 1 fifty
五彩
wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
五星
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五星级
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
五月
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
十五
shí wǔ
  1. 1 fifteen
  2. 2 15
家乐福
Jiā lè fú
  1. 1 Carrefour, French supermarket chain
星期五
Xīng qī wǔ
  1. 1 Friday
祈福
qí fú
  1. 1 to pray for blessings
福
Fú
  1. 1 surname Fu
  2. 2 abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn shěng]
福利
fú lì
  1. 1 material benefit
  2. 2 benefit in kind
  3. 3 (social) welfare
福州
Fú zhōu
  1. 1 Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
  2. 2 formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
福建
Fú jiàn
  1. 1 Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 閩|闽, capital Fuzhou 福州
  2. 2 Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan
福气
fú qi
  1. 1 good fortune
  2. 2 a blessing
福尔摩斯
Fú ěr mó sī
  1. 1 Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xiē luò kè · Fú ěr mó sī]
福袋
fú dài
  1. 1 fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (idiom)
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
  1. 1 all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
  2. 2 complete lack of unity
  3. 3 to disintegrate
  4. 4 falling apart
  5. 5 to be at sixes and sevens
四体不勤，五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite

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