檻laam6火fo2盆pun4

English

1. a ceremony where someone step over a basin of burning yellow paper to signify a new start
2. rid of the old past, such as when coming home after being in prison [colloquial]
3. a ceremony in which someone is carried over or steps over a basin with burning spells written on strips of yellow paper, a purification ceremony, e.g. when bringing a new born baby for the first time, when coming home after being in prison.unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一個傳統儀式，一個人會𨂾 過一個火盆，火盆裏面會有燒緊嘅符咒，藉以淨化一個人身上可能有嘅衰氣同埋剋運；當帶一個啱啱出世嘅BB返屋企，或者當一個監犯出監之後返屋企就會舉行呢個儀式unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  你喺醫院住咗咁耐，入屋企門口之前要檻過火盆先。

  You have lived in the hospital for so long. You have to step over the "fire basin" before you get inside your home.