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title: Red envelopes and New Year wishes — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 26 «Red envelopes and New Year wishes» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Red envelopes and New Year wishes

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The 15 questions of lesson 26 «Red envelopes and New Year wishes» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t1/) — my mate says u should rip the hóngbāo open straight away and say "ooh how much". good manners? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t2/) — Lín's mum says she'll "keep the yāsuìqián safe" for him. Lín sighs. Why do families laugh about this? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t3/) — You wish Lín's granny "xuéyè jìnbù!". She laughs kindly. Why? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t4/) — Granny gets two wishes: "gōngxǐ fācái" from one child and "shēntǐ jiànkāng" from you. Which does she probably love more? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t5/) — In a cartoon a boy grabs a red envelope with one hand and tears it open. Lín's mum tuts. Which two rules did he break? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t6/) — It's 2027. Lín's dad says "jīnnián shì mǎ nián". Is he right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t7/) — What would happen if you said nothing and stuffed the hóngbāo in your pocket? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t8/) — Lín's mum: "we're going to bàinián at Auntie Li's". What will you do there? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t9/) — Which wish is four neat syllables meaning "may everything go as you wish"? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t10/) — Lín's little cousin says "gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái!" to his own grandad, who roars with laughter. Rude? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/t11/) — Your English granny gives Lín a present and he doesn't open it. She thinks he doesn't like it. What's the truth? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/e1/) — Identify the customary mode of receiving a red envelope from an elder. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/e2/) — It is given that the wish "xuéyè jìnbù" signifies progress in one's studies. Select the statement that accurately characterises its proper use. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "hóngbāo ná lái"? — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/26-red-envelopes-and-new-year-wishes/e4/) — Ascertain the zodiac animal of the year commencing at the Chinese New Year of 2026. — wrong ✗ · exam

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