{"id":10591,"date":"2019-11-22T12:31:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10591"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:59:13","slug":"lucky-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lucky-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky in Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a previous episode, Simon chatted with Da Wei who was heartbroken after breaking up with Xiao Lin. They are now talking again, but Da Wei starts to look on the brighter side of life. <\/p>\n

             h\u01ceo ji\u01d4 méi jiàn le \uff0cn\u01d0 j\u012bn ti\u0101n qì sè bú cuò \u0101
Simon\uff1a\u597d\u4e45\u6ca1\u89c1\u4e86\uff0c\u4f60\u4eca\u5929\u6c14\u8272\u4e0d\u9519\u554a\u3002<\/strong>
             Long time no see. You look good today.<\/p>\n

                h\u0101 h\u0101 \uff0csuàn mìng de shu\u014d w\u01d2 j\u012bn ti\u0101n yào z\u01d2u táo hu\u0101 yùn
Da Wei\uff1a\u54c8\u54c8\uff0c\u7b97\u547d\u7684\u8bf4\u6211\u4eca\u5929\u8981\u8d70\u6843\u82b1\u8fd0\u3002<\/strong>
                Haha, a fortune-teller said today I will be lucky in love.<\/p>\n

              g\u014dng x\u01d0 \u0101 \u3002kàn \uff0cxi\u01ceo lín guò lái le
Simon\uff1a\u606d\u559c\u554a\u3002\u770b\uff0c\u5c0f\u6797\u8fc7\u6765\u4e86\u3002<\/strong>
             Congratulations. Look, here comes Xiao Lin.<\/p>\n

                 dàn yuàn bié pèng y\u012b bí z\u01d0 hu\u012b jiù h\u01ceo
Da Wei\uff1a\u4f46\u613f\u522b\u78b0\u4e00\u9f3b\u5b50\u7070\u5c31\u597d\u3002<\/strong>
                If o<\/em>nly I could avoid being rebuffed.<\/p>\n

After greeting Simon, Da Wei can’t help disclosing that he will "\u8d70\u6843\u82b1\u8fd0z\u01d2u táo hu\u0101 yùn<\/strong>;" which literally means “to have peach blossom luck". This phrase refers to "being lucky in love”. In most cases, we o<\/em>nly say that men will have "\u6843\u82b1\u8fd0<\/strong>". To get a better understanding of the phrase, we can read this story first:<\/p>\n

In ancient China there was a poet and scholar named Cui Hu. One spring, after studying very hard, Cui decided to take a rest and go outside. After a long walk, he became very tired and thirsty, so he looked for a place to rest and have a drink of water. Upon noticing a house with \u6843\u82b1 (táohu\u0101, peach blossoms), Cui knocked on the door and was greeted by a beautiful girl. As he quenched his thirst, the two didn’t talk much, but the attraction between them was obvious. Without mentio<\/em>ning his feelings, Cui left the house and returned home. <\/em><\/p>\n

The next spring, the familiar sight of peach blossoms reminded Cui of the beautiful girl and he decided to search for her. He went back to the same house, but the girl wasn’t home. He wrote a poem on the door, which is still popular among many people. Days later, he co<\/em>ntinued his search and o<\/em>nce again returned to the girl’s house. On his trip Cui discovered that the girl was home but had been refusing to eat and was slowly dying. The girl wasn’t ill. Instead, after seeing the poem written on the door, the girl thought she had missed her chance to meet Cui Hu and stopped eating as a result of her sorrow. Upon seeing Cui Hu, she quickly recovered. The two married and led a very happy life together. <\/em><\/p>\n

The story spread, and because of the \u6843\u82b1táohu\u0101<\/strong> (peach blossoms) in the love story, people began to refer to this kind of love affair as "\u8d70\u6843\u82b1\u8fd0 (z\u01d2u táohu\u0101yùn)" <\/strong>or "\u4ea4\u6843\u82b1\u8fd0 (ji\u0101o táohu\u0101yùn)."<\/strong> For example, "\u5f88\u591a\u5927\u9f84\u5355\u8eab\u9752\u5e74\u5e0c\u671b\u8d70\u6843\u82b1\u8fd0<\/strong>" means "Many single young people who are starting to advance in age hope to get lucky and find their special someone."<\/p>\n

In the last sentence,"\u78b0\u4e00\u9f3b\u5b50\u7070"<\/strong> means “to be rebuffed after trying to please someone." One more example, "\u5979\u5411\u7ecf\u7406\u63d0\u51fa\u8fd9\u4e2a\u95ee\u9898\uff0c\u5374\u78b0\u4e86\u4e00\u9f3b\u5b50\u7070<\/strong>" means "She was rebuffed by her manager after raising the matter."<\/p>\n<\/div>\n