字紙簍
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English
- wastepaper basket
- basket for wastepaper with characters written on it; ancient Chinese culture thinks characters is a spiritual substance that should be respected, so papers with characters should not be dumped or stepped on leisurely or be used to clean dirt. Instead, they should be burnt as a tribute, and thus were stored in separate basket. ----
- wastepaper basket
粵語 — Cantonese
- 字紙即係寫過字嘅紙，以前中國文化認為文字係值得尊敬，字紙唔可以隨便丟棄踐踏或用嚟抹污糟嘢，要火化處理，因此設簍專門收集
- 依家多數視為垃圾桶嘅一種，通常淨係用嚟抌啲冇臭味嘅垃圾，例如廢紙、廁紙
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk