春节吃的八种传统食物 8 traditional Spring Festival foods
The Beijinger 2024-02-05 14:56

Fish (鱼, yú)

The popularity of fish on the Spring Festival table stems from the fact that the Chinese word for fish (鱼, yú) is a homonym (谐音, xié yīn) for surplus (余, yú). Fish is typically served whole at this time of year, and some families may choose to leave a little bit of the meat behind, putting the linguistic association into practice.