derinthemadscientist:

animatedamerican:

mingsonjia:

circetorilavalos:

zooophagous:

mingsonjia:

Talking about cats, this one just got her koi for this year. I wish you every year to be like that cat 年年有鱼

Photography by 镜视眼88

That cat is a very skilled little fisher.

Btw that’s both a visual and a literal Chinese pun and I’m literally laughing so hard right now (my parents say this every year) and I want everyone to understand this.

Here’s the two phrases you’ll need to know:

年年有鱼 (nián nián you yú) - “(I wish you have) fish every year”

年年有余 (nián nián you yú) - “(I wish you have) extra every year”
- this is a common blessing used in China

Both the 鱼 and 余 characters sound exactly the same and here’s where the pun comes in.

Every Lunar New Year, as good luck, we eat “fish” so that we can “have fish every year”. In other words, we’re eating fish so that we can have extra every year.

Extra what, you ask? Extra everything! Extra money in the bank, extra food on our tables, extra happiness, etc, etc. It’s like an all-around blessing. Very kind and used often during Lunar New Year.

The cat has already gotten her “extra” (fish) for the year so the blogger is wishing you “fish” (extra) every year ^^

finally someone explained it, thank you<3

I am so delighted to learn that somebody else also has the tradition of eating puns for blessings on the New Year.

Why is every Chinese tradition or superstition I hear of based on a pun

(via that-socialist-chick)

violent-darts:

egggender:

sleepyflannel:

hey since apparently some people didn’t know this

if your family is low income, you can take your sat for free – twice!

and as a bonus, you can waive 4 college application fees. so like if a college you wanna apply to has a $20 fee, you can use one of your freebies to not have to pay that. four times. that means you can apply to at least 4 colleges (more if you can find ones with free applications) for no cost at all.

check in with your guidance counselor and see if you qualify – at my school, we qualify if we’re on free or reduced price lunch. my waiver had 2 free act’s included too.

boosts appreciated! a lot of people don’t know about this and it can save you a lot of much-needed money. tell your friends. tell your friends’ friends

and this is all directly from the college board website so it’s legit

Lots of people at my school did this! Also look into your state college’s fee waiver options. In California if you qualify for this, you can likely also qualify to apply to 4 UC’s and 4 Cal States for free, as well as get 4 Common Application waivers!

In case any of my US people could use this for them or their kids.

(via communistkakashi)