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擔幡買水 (daam1 faan1 maai5 seoi2) — ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent ("buying water") in Cantonese

daamˉ¹擔faanˉ¹幡maaiˏ₅買seoiˊ²水
简 担幡买水
Mandarin Pinyin: dan1 fan1 mai3 shui3

Meaning of 擔幡買水

nounceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent ("buying water")

Characters in 擔幡買水

擔daam1
shoulder; take upon; undertake
幡faan1
long narrow flag; funeral streamer
買maai5
buy; purchase | [antonym] 賣
水seoi2
extra charge/income

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