GreatsignificanceinsmallnumbersInChineseculture,everythinginworldhastwoopposingprinciplesinnature:YinandYang.Inreturn,YincombineswithYangformeverything.Whileinwesternculture,peoplegetusedtodividethingsintothreepartiestorepresentgoodmeanings.Asaresult,Chineselikeevennumberswhilewesternerspreferoddnumbers.ThepreferenceofparityleadstothedifferentsignificanceofnumbersinChinaandwest.Oddnumbersareofdifferentimplicationsinthesetwocultures.Inwesterncountries,thenumber“3”meansdivinity,honorandpropitiousness.Thereare3godswhoinchargeoftheworldinancientRomemyth.Greeksbelievethat3isaperfectnumberthatshowsthewholeprocessofeverything:thebeginning,themiddleandtheend.Christiansalways“prayinthenameoftheHolyFather,HolySonandHolySprit”.These3composed“TheTrinity”whichisofgreatimportanceinChristianity.Bycontrast,Chineseavoidusing“3”injoyfuloccasionssince“3”pronouncethesamewayastheChinesecharacter“separate”.Idiomsas“Thefightingspritarousedbythefirstrollofdrumsisdepletedbythesecondandexhaustedbythethird”and“Threeandout”showsChinese’methodsandexperience.“Thethirdman/woman”showsscorntowardsmarriagedestroyer.Moreover,westernersadorethenumber“7”owingtoitssimilarityofsoundwith“heaven”and“SevenDaysinCreation”.“Beinseventhheaven”meansbeingreathappiness.Therearealotofbrandswhoapply7intheirnames.Forexample,adrinknamed“Sevenup”.Thedifferenceisthat“7”relatestodeathandbadluckintheeyesofChinese.Peopleshouldnotsend7itemsofpresentstoothers.Thedishesintableshouldnotbe7.LunarJuly7thisforbiddentoholdweddingceremony.Meanwhile,evennumbersalsosharedisparityinmeaning.InChina,thenumber”8”standsfor“makeafortune”.Peoplepursueasmuchas8invariouskindsofnumbers,suchaslicenseplatenumber,QQaccountandsoon.TheQQaccountnumber“888888”isRMB15,000yuanatleastinmarket.Forwesternpeople,8isnothingspecialatall.But“behindtheeightballs”meanssomeoneisinthedisadvantageousposition.Thissayingoriginatesfrompocketbilliard.Thereare16ballsintable,onecueballand15colorballs.Amongthese,theNO.8ballshouldenterthepocketatlast.Ifonepartyleaves