A Malay woman decided to do just that, by greeting her boyfriend's mother with a few auspicious Chinese phrases during a house visit.
In a TikTok video shared on Tuesday - with over 72,000 views - user Amirah Vgi can be seen approaching her "future mother-in-law" with two mandarin oranges and greeting her.Giving Amirah a red packet, her visibly overjoyed future mother-in-law replied: "This year tiger year, climb as high as you can. All the best."
[embed]https://www.tiktok.com/@amirahvgi/video/7059702992106294530?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7035792060636988929[/embed] "Me second year celebrating CNY with the Chinese boyfriend. I finally did it," Amirah wrote in the caption, adding that she "tried so hard to memorise the phrase".documenting her struggles at learning Chinese"He's so done with my pronunciation. I'm so done with him," she wrote at that time.
But it seems Amirah's perseverance has paid off four months later, with netizens praising her for "making the extra effort to bridge the differences in culture."
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)