By custom, when a baby is born the family sends the happy news to relatives and friends.
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Its opposite is 报忧, and the two make the set phrase 报喜不报忧 "report the good news and hide the bad", a common criticism of officials and employees.
culture
In folk art the magpie, 喜鹊, is the bird that brings good news. In Christian art the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel tells Mary she will bear Jesus, is called 天使报喜.
