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material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare
HSK 5
happiness / happy / blessed
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *福* | 福* | *福
good fortune / happiness / luck
HSK 3
blessings / to wish sb well
HSK 4
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits , 祿|禄, and 壽|寿 associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation
Sisyphus
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
Gospel according to St Matthew
to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)
disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學|加利福尼亚大学)
Anfu, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市, Jiangxi
to increase luck and longevity
Kaifu, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
vegetative existence / to consume passively without doing anything useful
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
California
to feast one's eyes
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
to live comfortably; to enjoy a happy life
younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
good fortune / a blessing
HSK 7-9
Ningde, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
photograph of the entire family / hodgepodge (cookery)
Forbes (US publisher) / Forbes magazine
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福) satisfied with one's sex life
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) / abbr. for 加利福尼亞理工學院|加利福尼亚理工学院
master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰
happiness and longevity
Gospel according to St John
Stanford or Stamford (name of various people, places and organizations, notably Stanford University)
Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher
Fukuoka (city in Japan, capital of Fukuoka prefecture) / Fukuoka (prefecture in Japan)
California
to eat one's fill / to have a good meal
the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
welfare services
Taijiang, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
Carrefour, French supermarket chain
to benefit (e.g. the people)
HSK 7-9
happy knack for chancing upon fine food
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)
(HK) (loanword) Tamiflu
Xiamen, sub-provincial city in Fujian Province 福建省
(loanword) formalin
Hail Mary / Ave Maria (religion)
University of California
Ford (name) / Ford, US car make
Minqing, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
Nanping, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
Frankfurt, Germany
gospel
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
Fox (media company) / Focus (car manufactured by Ford)
Fukushima (Japanese surname and place name)
to appreciate one's good fortune
Yongtai, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳)
Futian, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
TOEFL / Test of English as a Foreign Language
(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)
Stanford University
loafer shoes (loanword)
well-being / welfare
reconditioned or showroom item
happy land / paradise
rifle (loanword) / also written 來復槍|来复枪
to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom) / a blessing in disguise
Ford Motor Company
to bless
one's happy lot; good fortune
Mawei, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬, Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
to pray for blessings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *福* | 福* | *福
surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省
Fushan, a district of Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
Hertfordshire (English county)
Gospel according to St Luke
Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
karmic reward (Buddhism)
Hoklo
lottery run by China Welfare Lottery, a government agency that uses a portion of the money from ticket sales to fund welfare projects (abbr. for 福利彩票)
FUKUDA Yasuo (1936-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2007-2008
fortune favors fools (idiom) / fool's luck
fate / portent / luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
luck with women
Longyan, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
Stanford University
to live in ease and comfort
Rutherford (name) / Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), early nuclear physicist from New Zealand

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