On 5/16/07, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 5/15/07, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Mazeltov! Omedetou! Gong-xi, gong-xi! Congratulations!
> >
> >
>
> Okay, so now that I'm picturing you with you eyes sticking out, what's
the
> literal of Gong xi?
>
"Respectful (or reverential) happiness"
Gong = respectful (or referential)
Xi = happiness
Picture me with my hands closed forming fists, held together at chest
height in front of me, as I bow to the person being congratulated.
John
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