粵

行hang4大daai6運wan6

simp行大运
hang4 daai6 wan6haang4 daai6 wan6xíng dà yùn

English

  1. travelled on a longer route (slang)
  2. to encounter a huge change in fortune every decade
  3. to be in great luck
  4. to go for a trip during lunar new year to wish for a smooth year

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 風水命理學用語,指遇上人生中每十年重大運勢變化(長過流年運勢)
  2. 喺某一排有好好嘅運氣,行運行得好緊要
  3. 新春習俗:出遊祈求新一年順利

Examples

  • 祝你牛年行大運!

    Wish you good luck in the Year of Ox! ----

  • 小姐,我批你三年後會行大運。

    Miss, I predict that good luck will come to you in three years. ----

  • 姨媽好講究㗎,要擇吉時行大運。

    My aunt (my mother's elder sister) is particular about auspicious timing for the new year trip.

  • 我哋年初二去蠔涌拜車公,再喺新界行大運。

    On the 2nd day of the lunar new year, we will go to Ho Chung (in Sai Kung) to worship Che Kung and then go for the new year trip in the New Territories. (Note: That day is also Che Kung's birthday.)

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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