"Auspicious" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jí xiáng lucky / auspicious / propitious
 jí lì auspicious / lucky / propitious
 jí qìng auspicious / propitious / good fortune
 lì shì business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days
 ruì lucky / auspicious / propitious / rayl (acoustical unit)
 xiáng auspicious / propitious
 jiā excellent / auspicious / to praise / to commend
 qí auspicious / propitious / good luck / felicity / euphoria / used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress
 zhēn auspicious / lucky
 lóng fèng chéng xiáng the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) / auspicious / decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix
 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day
 xiáng hé auspicious and peaceful
 dà jí very auspicious / extremely lucky
 zé rì to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date
 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits)
 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well!
 xiáng ruì auspicious sign
 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
 qī qī seven sevens (equals 49) / cf Buddhist services for the auspicious reincarnation of the departed
 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
 zhí de qìng xìng auspicious / worth celebrating / worthy of congratulations
 jiā huì auspicious occasion / grand feast
 tiān lù auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail / possession of the empire
 zhái rì zi to pick an auspicious day
 juān jí to choose an auspicious day
 Ruì Shī Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of Chinese mythology
 ruì shòu auspicious animal (such as the dragon)
 xiáng guāng auspicious light
 liáng jí lucky day / auspicious day
 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany
 wǔ fú lín mén lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
 jí shì auspicious event
 nián nián yǒu yú lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
 hǎo rì zi auspicious day / good day / happy life
 zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion
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