How to Say ‘To have surplus; to have more than enough’ in Traditional Chinese
有餘
💬 Usage Tip: [餘] means “extra/surplus.” In New Year phrases it implies “more than enough” money/food/luck.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Famous pun: [餘] sounds like [魚] (“fish”), so people eat fish at New Year to symbolize [年年有餘].
Word-by-Word Breakdown
有餘
[yǒu yú]
to have a surplus; abundance
Means having more than enough. In New Year culture it also echoes the pun 餘/魚 (“surplus/fish”) linked to 年年有餘.
過年吃魚象徵有餘，祝你年年有餘。
Eating fish at New Year symbolizes surplus; wishing you abundance year after year.
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