Happy Chinese new year!

Happy Chinese New Year! Don't forget to say it in Chinese too, or apparently you'll have shamed your family for the year.

Question: do you follow up with what I translate to "may you get a lot of red envelopes" or do you follow up with "may you have a prosperous life"... There was a debate between a few friends about that. I say the latter (I don't want to provide pin-yin because I'm a poor sod that can't say it right anyway), but some people haven't heard of it. The first one rhymes with happy chinese new year, if it matters

(look how little I know about my language ...)

I don't know what you're referring to either (only thing I can think of is "恭喜发财，红包拿来" which basically means "may you prosper...now gimme moolah").

There are plenty of follow ups, actually. Sometimes it even varies depending on the animal of the year (e.g. I'm seeing lots of "马到成功"; first character means horse).

A very happy Lunar New Year to you too.