<p>Picture 1</p>

<p>X（can not recognize）报（traditional Chinese）平安。
means  x sends safeness， or  x sending safeness。</p>

<p>Picture 2
can“t  read it.</p>

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sfy
<p>竹报平安 (zhúbào-píng’ān) (bamboo for fine)，this is a traditional phrase, frequently used when you are away from family for long, and sending a mail back home to tell your family everything is fine for you.</p>

<p>丁亥年 is a traditional style of recording years. There are 10 marks for sky (天干), and 12 marks for earth (地支), and they are grouped one by one, which is 60 groups (干支纪年). 丁 is the 4th of 天干, and 亥 is 12th of 地支.</p>

<p>Also you may have heard that Chinese people have a property called 属相 (shǔxiang), which is an animal standing for the year the person was born. There are 12 animals, paired with 12 地支. 亥 is paired with pig.</p>

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2015-12-17T09:02:21.100Z
How come 10 * 12 = 60 ?
thinwa
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2015-12-18T16:34:27.073Z
it's the least common multiple, not the direct product.
Vibius
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2015-12-22T03:00:05.770Z
@user2550062 
It is math problem. Please refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_common_multiple
gcd0318
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gcd0318
<p>For many years ago I went to China and bought a poster. Now i really wonder what the charcters mean. I tried downloading some programs, but I couldn't translate the text.</p>

<p>I understand this is not a translation service. Anyway I'll have to give it a shot. Or else I'm never going to find out what it means.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Hprt9m.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Hprt9m.jpg" alt="Chineese text1"></a> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/bcNIkm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bcNIkm.png" alt="Chineese text2"></a></p>

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2015-12-15T01:28:56.153Z
The first one is 竹报平安 ('home letter reporting safety', meaning blessing for peace), the second is 丁亥年 (the 24th year in Chinese sexagenary cycle, 1887/1947/2007/2067/... are all 丁亥年).
NS.X.
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2015-12-15T10:01:08.463Z
I bought the poster January 2008 som it seems resonable the poster is dated to 2007.
martius
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Meaning of text on poster
# Meaning of text on poster

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-14)

For many years ago I went to China and bought a poster. Now i really wonder what the charcters mean. I tried downloading some programs, but I couldn't translate the text.

I understand this is not a translation service. Anyway I'll have to give it a shot. Or else I'm never going to find out what it means.

[![Chineese text1](https://i.sstatic.net/Hprt9m.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Hprt9m.jpg) [![Chineese text2](https://i.sstatic.net/bcNIkm.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/bcNIkm.png)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The first one is 竹报平安 ('home letter reporting safety', meaning blessing for peace), the second is 丁亥年 (the 24th year in Chinese sexagenary cycle, 1887/1947/2007/2067/... are all 丁亥年).  
> **username_0**: I bought the poster January 2008 som it seems resonable the poster is dated to 2007.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-14. Score: 1

Picture 1

X（can not recognize）报（traditional Chinese）平安。
means x sends safeness， or x sending safeness。

Picture 2
can“t read it.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-12-15. Score: 1

竹报平安 (zhúbào-píng’ān) (bamboo for fine)，this is a traditional phrase, frequently used when you are away from family for long, and sending a mail back home to tell your family everything is fine for you.

丁亥年 is a traditional style of recording years. There are 10 marks for sky (天干), and 12 marks for earth (地支), and they are grouped one by one, which is 60 groups (干支纪年). 丁 is the 4th of 天干, and 亥 is 12th of 地支.

Also you may have heard that Chinese people have a property called 属相 (shǔxiang), which is an animal standing for the year the person was born. There are 12 animals, paired with 12 地支. 亥 is paired with pig.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: How come 10 * 12 = 60 ?  
> **username_5**: it's the least common multiple, not the direct product.  
> **username_3**: @user2550062  It is math problem. Please refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_common_multiple  

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