The 2009 New Year's greeting taboo: "Zhao Cai Jin Bao" sounds like "Zao Cai Jin Bao"

by sunvnet on 2009-01-22 09:59:26

As the Spring Festival is approaching, short messages are flying all over the sky. However, affected by the international financial crisis, some auspicious words related to "financial sources" and "rolling" are listed as taboo words this year, while words implying a change of luck such as "Niu Zhuan Gan Kun" (a total reversal of fortune) are very popular. Netizens say that "financial sources" may be misread as "layoff", and "rolling" may be understood as "rolling up bedding and leaving".