万事如意 (wàn shì rú yì) — may all your wishes come true; have everything go as you wish
Definition
A set blessing used in greetings (especially New Year, weddings, graduations) — 'may everything go as you wish.' It is a ready-made phrase, not built word-by-word.
idiom
may all your wishes come truehave everything go as you wish
Examples
- ，万事如意！Zhù nǐ xīn nián kuài lè, wàn shì rú yì!Wishing you a happy New Year, and may all your wishes come true!
- 万事如意。Hūn lǐ shàng dà jiā jǔ bēi zhù fú xīn rén wàn shì rú yì.At the wedding, everyone raised their glasses to wish the couple that all their wishes come true.
- ，万事如意。Bì yè diǎn lǐ shàng lǎo shī zhù wǒ men qián chéng sì jǐn, wàn shì rú yì.At the graduation ceremony, the teacher wished us a bright future and that all our wishes come true.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate
A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.
万事 means all matters, and 如意 means according to one's wishes.
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