If you literally translate "Gong Xi Fa Chai", it would mean "wishing you enlarge your wealth."
Gong Xi: means wishing/blessing
Fa: means enlarge(ment)
Chai: means wealth
So a literal translation is that you wish someone will become very rich, but the phrase is generally used as Happy New Year.
Gong Xi: means wishing/blessing
Fa: means enlarge(ment)
Chai: means wealth
So a literal translation is that you wish someone will become very rich, but the phrase is generally used as Happy New Year.
by chowman February 21, 2007
Get the Gong Xi Fa Chaimug. 