牛（扭）来 牛（扭）去，牛（扭）过 去.
I overheard the above greeting on a Taiwanese CNY variety show which featured a creative greeting contest and each contestant was given Ang Pow for his or her effort. This greeting was from a Russian lady dancer/singer. It can be read in two ways: the first interpretation reads 'niu' as ox (the Chinese zodiac for this year) and the challenges ahead that we will overcome. The second reads the 'niu' as twist which is what she does as a professional dancer.
The other contestants were so smitten by her composition that they spontaneously surrendered their Ang Pow to her. The first few probably did it out of impulse while the rest just followed blindly or succumbed to peer pressure.
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