Yabla video uses of 有余

shàng
莲花 liánhuā
鲤鱼 lǐyú
jiù
寓意 yùyì
zhe
连年 liánnián
有余 yǒuyú
Images of lotus flowers and carps represent "lian nian you yu," having continual surpluses every year.
shàng
不足 bùzú
xià
有余 yǒuyú
Inferior compared to those above, superior compared to those below [Better than some, worse than others].
成语 chéngyǔ
shàng
不足 bùzú
xià
有余 yǒuyú
就是 jiùshì
cóng
这里 zhèlǐ
lái
de
The idiom "Inferior compared to those above, superior compared to those below" emerged here.
zhè
不是 bùshì
年年 niánnián
有余 yǒuyú
ma
今儿 jīnr
咱们 zámen
dōu
带回 dàihuí
This is having a plentiful harvest every year. Today, we take all the fish home.
hǎo
dōu
shuō
ne
中国人 Zhōngguórén
过年 guònián
a
shì
肯定 kěndìng
少不了 shǎobuliǎo
de
年年 niánnián
有余 yǒuyú
ma
Alright. As the tradition goes, Chinese must have fish for their New Year for it is a prosperity sign.
因为 yīnwèi
a
de
年年 niánnián
有余 yǒuyú
de
shì
谐音 xiéyīn
That is because the Chinese word for fish, "yu," is a homonym for the "yu" in the idiom for having a prosperous year.
大家 dàjiā
chī
a
也就是 yějiùshì
希望 xīwàng
xīn
de
nián
能够 nénggòu
年年 niánnián
有余 yǒuyú
有所 yǒusuǒ
结余 jiéyú
Therefore, people eat fish in hopes of having a prosperous year ahead.