紅事
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English
- major occasion that brings happiness and fortune to the family, such as wedding, new born, elderly's birthday, or new shop grand opening. Red means happiness for ethnic Chinese. Literally: red issue
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喜事,如結婚、嬰兒出世、老人家大壽、新店開張等;華人以紅色代表喜慶
Examples
紅事撞白事好唔吉利。
When an occasion of happiness collide with and occasion of sadness, it will bring bad luck.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk