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檻火盆 (laam6 fo2 pun4) — 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] in Cantonese

laamˍ₆檻foˊ²火punˎ₄盆
简 槛火盆
Mandarin Pinyin: kan3 huo3pen2

Meaning of 檻火盆

nouna 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]

Example Sentences with 檻火盆

git˗₃結fanˉ¹婚jiu˗₃要haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
You have to jump over the fire basin for a wedding.
ngoˏ₅我mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
I don't want to jump over the fire basin.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
They are jumping over the fire basin.
siuˊ²小samˉ¹心haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
Be careful jumping over the fire basin.
zaapˍ₆習sukˍ₆俗jiu˗₃要haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
The custom is to jump over the fire basin.
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Characters in 檻火盆

檻laam6
threshold; door-sill
火fo2
Kangxi radical 86
盆pun4
classifier for things held in a basin, tub, pot, etc

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