Couplet Contest
2024 Chinese Couplets Contest 2025年新春徵聯大賽
Join our popular online Chinese Couplets Contest to celebrate the Spring Festival. Write a 2nd line to complement our 1st line for a chance to win. Both lines must have the same number of characters, each character must be from the same word class, the tone pattern of both lines must mirror each other, and the meaning of both lines must be complementary.
Submissions dates 參賽日期
December 12, 2024 – January 29, 2025. 2024年12月12日至2025年1月29日。
Rule 規則
Submission must conform to the established rules for Chinese couplets. 參賽下聯應符合對聯的要求（上下聯偶數位置及末字的平仄相對、詞性對、忌用同義詞、避免合掌）。
上聯: 乙啓新春，龍隱龍宮遵養晦
1st Line: At the start of the New Year, the dragon returns to his castle to re-energize himself
1st Line: At the start of the New Year, the dragon returns to his castle to re-energize himself
Winners of the 2025 Chinese Couplets Contest 2025 新春徵聯大賽揭曉
| Name of Winner 獲獎人姓名 | Submission 參賽下聯 | |
| 1st place 冠軍 | Frank Cheung 张福钧 | 甲辞旧岁，国圆国梦奋图强 |
| 2nd place 亞軍 | Chi Yan Li 李淽昕 | 巳迎淑景，蛇穿蛇穴奮圖強 |
| 3rd place 季軍 | Teresa Tsui | 巳來福氣，蛇盤蛇穴吐揚眉 |
| Honorable Mention 優異獎 | 高揚 | 巳懷樂歲，蛇銜蛇寶喜逢時 |
| Joannie Wong | 甲辭舊歲，鳳翔鳳閣正朝陽 | |
| Jago Tang 鄧靖國 | 巳承大任，天存天意佑蒼生 | |
| L.K. Sham | 巳除舊歲，龜移龜鼎始韜光 | |
| Alice Xiaorong Yang | 辰封旧腊，蛇昂蛇苑振图南 | |
| Zhan Yunyi | 巳临瑞岁，螣行螣道喜迎祥 | |
| 苏国威 | 巳辞旧岁，蛇行蛇舞乐昇平 | |
| 周保柱 | 巳呈瑞景，鵬舒鵬翼喜凌雲 | |
| 朱友發 | 甲辭舊歲，蛇離蛇穴舞迎祥 | |
| Encouragement Award 鼓勵獎 | Delnaz Khambatta | At the start of the New Year the snake comes out of the woods and makes thoughtful decisions. |
Thank you to everyone who participated in this contest (誠意感謝所有參賽者)。