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Chinese netizens go on koi fish reposting binge for good luck

Special: China's National Day

Chinese people's craze for koi fish, which represents good luck in fengshui, has driven millions to repost koi-related tweets in hopes of attaining wealth and better health.

craze for sth（通常为一时的）狂热，疯狂；风行一时的东西  对……狂热

the latest fitness craze to sweep the country.

最近风靡全国的健身热。

repost[rɪ'poʊst]  n.& vt.转发;<主英>重新投寄

This is a repost for adding more details about the project.

这是一个用于添加有关项目的更多细节转贴。

"Xinxiaodai," a 26-year-old IT engineer based in Beijing, recently became the "national koi" after winning an online lottery, which gives her prizes sponsored by the Alipay mobile payment system.

lottery[ˈlɑ:təri]  n.彩票;碰运气的事

She bought a lottery ticket and won more than$ 33 million.

她买了张彩票，中了3,300多万美元。

sponsor[ˈspɑ:nsə(r)]  n.发起者，主办者;担保者;后援组织vt.赞助

Some of the best services for the ageing are sponsored by philanthropic organizations. 

一些一流老人服务机构是由慈善组织资助的。

"Does it mean I don't have to work the rest of my life?" she said on Sina Weibo after learning of her win on Sunday. The Weibo tweet has been reposted nearly 800,000 times as of press time, with most netizens hoping to borrow some luck from "Xinxiaodai."

learning of听说

as of截至

press time截稿时间

Among her prizes from over 150 Chinese and overseas companies are a night at Trump Tower, two round-trip tickets to Africa and an eight-day Alaska cruise.In China and Japan, people have a long history of keeping koi, which they believe could bring good luck. 

round-trip[ˈraʊndˈtrɪp]  adj.来回旅程的

He made a round-trip to the terminal and back. 

他到了终点，又折回来。

The tradition continues on the internet, as "reposting koi" has become a trend on Weibo.One of the most popular Weibo accounts, "King of Koi," has more than 15.7 million followers. The account's most trending Weibo tweet, "follow and repost this koi picture, something good must happen within one month," has been reposted more than 9 million times. 

koi fish锦鲤 

King of Koi锦鲤之王

"What if it works?" said a netizen from North China's Hebei Province, who randomly reposts koi. "It does no harm."Reposting koi is a way of releasing pressure, regardless of whether they seriously repost or take it as a joke, Jiang Haisheng, head of the Journalism and Communication Department at the Shandong University of Political Science and Law, told the Global Times on Monday.

take  as把…看作是…，把…当作是…;看做

Journalism and Communication Department新闻传播系

"But good wishes should be based on hard work instead of online reposts and fantasy," Jiang noted.

fantasy [ˈfæntəsi, -zi]  n.幻想;空想的产物;幻想作品;vt.& vi.幻想;想像;奏幻想曲

A chess player must have a fertile imagination and rich sense of fantasy.

一个棋手必须有丰富的想象力，并善于奇思妙想。

英文来源：ecns