红包 起源英语表达

红包表达你可以参考这个帖子
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/17014825.html

这个起源最常用：origin 起源, 由来, 起因, 出身, 血统, [数]原点
在词霸上查到还有其他一些起源
filiation
genesis
headspring
nascence
provenance

压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift
culture note: in the old days, new year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth

Red packets