"恭喜发财！"

Translation: May prosperity be with you!

[ArtBurnap]

Sounds more like 'May the force be with you' than a New Year's greeting. For the latter, 'May you be prosperous' or 'May you prosper' (in the new year).

[chaered]

The greeting of the Shaolin Jedi?

[Fiyalka2]

From now on, I will surely burst into laughter, every time someone says 恭喜发财 to me. :'D

[hippietrail]

Your second sentence sounds best to me.

[Juju494251]

Agree!

[dawei338666]

Sound like something Spock would say.

[Karoliina765050]

The hints say 'congratulations' and 'make a fortune'. No way of sucking 'may prosperity be with you' out of that...

[Mike902778]

Fortune and prosperity should be interchangeable here, I would think.

[tommybyrom]

This sentence translates directly as congrstulations and good fortune. It should be taught though as "good luck this year" or some such because it is only used at new year.

[richard711603]

Isn't this a set phrase? Meaning: may you have a prosperous New Year.

[Chris349250]

May the force be with you in the new year! Very funny.

[EricMartel8]

May you have prosperity! This translation should be accepted. Why is it not?

[hq4]

omg you cant be serious

[phanter]

How about, "Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year"

[Jana57868]

Doesn't 恭喜 mean congratulations? how did it translate to may you have prosperity I don't get it

[richard711603]

It does not literally translate. It is a set phrase, an idiom. There are a lot of set phrases and vocabulary that do not translate literally. You just have to learn them over time.

[CharlesE780046]

Then the translation should be an English idiom not a have done attempt at a literal translation.

[StephanusG1]

Ideally perhaps, but there isn't a directly comparable English idiom. We don't say 'Happy new year! Hope you get rich!' in English.

[PrimalSage]

Okay how am I supposed to know this without knowing the idiom first? (sigh)

[ParkeNYU]

'May you be with prosperity' was rejected.

[CharlesE780046]

Huh?

[chloelizchan]

Seems a bit weird to translate something that can't be translated... It's just a greeting for Chinese New Year

[Fiyalka2]

It can and should be translated - especially for language learners. On the other hand, the endless list of possible translations makes it rather hard to use it as a Duo phrase. Everything from "Happy new year!" to "Wish you a good and prosperous new year!", "May you have a happy and prosperous new year!" to "Happy new year! Hope you get rich!" (Thanks, StephanusG1, this one is my favourite :o) ) should be accepted.

[DominicSal294966]

and also with you