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minus-squareSoulKaribou@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYes, doubling characters or numbers is common in Chinese to insist on the item. At weddings, you will see lots of double happiness characters for example. “Everybody” is literally the character for people that is repeated, so “yan yan”.
Is it normal to double it up?
Yes, doubling characters or numbers is common in Chinese to insist on the item.
At weddings, you will see lots of double happiness characters for example.
“Everybody” is literally the character for people that is repeated, so “yan yan”.