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English

1. the 7th day after a person's death
2. the first 7-day period after a person's death
3. the first seventh day after death of a person. In Chinese tradition, a dead person's ghost will return home on the seventh night, his/her family should prepare some meals in the living room, and go to sleep early to avoid the ghost seeing the family and feels not easy to leave. Literally: the first sevenunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 指人死後第一個七日。相傳人死後第七晚半夜魂魄會返屋企，叫做回魂。傳統習俗上，家人應準備一啲飯菜響廳中，然後上牀就寢迴避，以免離世者記掛家人unreviewed?

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  啲人話頭七好猛㗎，我哋今晚都係早啲走，唔好打搞人喇。

  Some say ghosts are most active on the seventh night, so we should leave early tonight to avoid disturbing them.