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檻火盆 (laam6 fo2 pun4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

檻火盆 (laam6 fo2 pun4, kǎn huo3pen2) — a ceremony where someone step over a basin of burning yellow paper to signify a new start; rid of the old past, such as when coming home after being in prison [colloquial]

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 檻 (haam5) — bannisters; balustrade; railings for animals; cage for prisoners used in the pa…
• 檻 (laam6) — door sill; threshold
• 檻花籠鶴 (haam5 faa1 lung4 hok6) — a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
• 檻車 (haam5 ce1) — cart with cage, used to escort prisoner
• 婪劣 (laam4 lyut6) — greedy
• 攬上身 (laam2 soeng5 san1) — verb; take the responsibility

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