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Type four: Send it in a red envelope

"Red envelope" fever swept the country when internet giants WeChat, Alibaba, and Baidu rolled out programs allowing users to send cash through electronic payments.

It is based on the Chinese tradition of hongbao, where money is given to family and friends as a gift.

During the festival season, most people will get many more red envelopes than usual, so red envelope-based memes are always a good choice.

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Type five: Jinli – the word of the year?

In 2018 buzzword Jinli was definitely a candidate for word of the year in China. It refers to someone who always seems to win thanks to sheer dumb luck.

The slang word first came from Yang Chaoyue, a controversial contestant on the hit reality show Produce 101.

She came in third place in the show and was then called a "lucky carp", with fans tweeting her picture instead of the fish to pray for their wishes to come true.