LOCAL lovebirds lined up in long queues to get married yesterday because the date — May 20, 2014, or 5-2-0-1-4 — sounds like the words “I will love you for a lifetime” in Chinese.

Some 4,698 couples tied the knot across the city, 10 times the usual daily figure, according to the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau.

It was the second biggest registration day this year, after February 14, when Valentine’s Day coincided with the Lantern Festival, leading couples to believe the date would bring them double happiness.