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[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 34 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

For anyone that didn't read the article, it's because the characters name is transliterated as "mǎ ěr fú", which can be roughly read as "fortune horse".

Year of the horse - fortune horse. You see the pun.

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Correct horse battery staple

If you know, you know.

[–] normanwall@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Every Chinese year happens every 60 years.

12 animals x 5 elements

[–] normanwall@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Ty, I might have to read more next time lol