The Year of the Tigher 2022
2022 is the year of Tiger (Water-水虎 shuǐ hǔ) according to Chinese zodiac, starting from February 1st, 2022 and lasting to January 21st, 2023. Tiger is the third in the 12-years cycle of the Chinese zodiac sign. The 12 zodiac animals are, in order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, G oat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
Chinese New year – Spring Festival (春节chūn jié) falls on Feb. 1, 1st day in 1st lunar month, 2022, people will have seven days off , the holiday from Jan.31.- Feb. 7, 2022, The grandest traditional festival in China, annual family reunion, eat dumplings, set off fireworks.
Zodiac Year of Birth – 本命年 běnmìngnián
Those born in 2022, 2010, 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962,1950 … are Tiger.
The Tiger sign of the Chinese zodiac will encounter its ‘birth year’ (běn mìng nián 本命年) again in Tiger year 2022. People born in a year of the Tiger are brave, competitive and confident.
Tiger- personality and characteristics — Powerful, agressive, brave, dynamic and mighty
“Born leader” is the key word for the Tigers. They are born with stateliness and confidence, so they always impress people with an image of power and authority. They are strong-willed, Once they make up their minds, they will not change it easily.
Tigers love to win, poor coordination and communicate with others, so they tend to argue with people. They are over confident in their capability which makes it difficult to do well in team work situations.
The Best Careers for Tiger
Tiger people are enterprising and have charisma of leadership. Once they make up their minds, they will boldly but rationally move forward. They are more suitable to work on their own business.
They have a sense of justice, and would fight against those illegal or unfair groups or events. they will be able to reach a high position in jobs related to police and court system.
Suitable jobs for Tiger: leaders, company managers, factory directors, adventurers, politicians, policemen, schoolmasters, economists etc.
Lucky Signs for people Born in Tiger Year
Numbers: 1, 3, and 4 and numbers containing them (like 13 and 43)
Colors: blue, gray, orange
Lucky direction: east, north, south
Love and Relationships
For Tiger people, career is more important than love, they always have a dominant role.
In love relationships, Tigers cannot show deep affection to their partners because they lack a sense of romance. Partners need to be equally active to keep up with a Tiger’s sense of adventure.
Best with: Horse, Dog, or Pig Bad with: Ox, Snake, Goat, or Monkey
Chinese Idioms
马马虎虎(măma hūhu)
“Horse horse tiger tiger”; so-so; doing something carelessly.
Literally translated as: horse horse tiger tiger. This expression describes something that is so-so or average. Why these two animals? Because if it’s neither horse nor tiger – it’s mediocre, something in the middle.
狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)
A fox assumes the might of a tiger; putting on airs
狐假虎威 is a story about “The Fox Assuming the Majesty of the Tiger”. It is used to refer to those who bully or frighten others by relying on other people’s power.
虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóu-shéwěi)
Head of a tiger and tail of a snake lit. tiger’s head, snake’s tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
While dragons are a good match for tigers in terms of strength, snakes are a less apt pairing. This idiom describes an action or initiative that starts with a bang, but goes out with a whimper.
调虎离山（Diàohŭlíshān）
To lure the tiger out of the mountains
Try to make the tiger leave the original hill / Metaphorically use tricks to make the other party leave the original place in order to take advantage of the opportunity
两虎相斗，必有一伤 (liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu，bì yǒu yī shāng)
When two tigers fight, one or the other one is bound to get hurt.
This proverb warns us that conflict between two sides results in one of them getting hurt. So it is best to avoid fighting as much as possible
如虎添翼 (rú hǔ tiān yì)
This translates nicely to “like adding wings to a tiger” in English.
the tiger always refers to something great and powerful. Therefore, adding wings to a tiger, means taking something that was already powerful, like a tiger, and make it even more so. This can be applied as adding force to something or someone that is already very powerful.
Learn Chinese in 2022, make yourself rú hǔ tiān yì!
Wish you all a prosperous and healthy New Year of the Tiger!
Happy New Year ( 新年快乐 xīnnián kuàilè )!
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