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龍lung4牀cong4

lung4 cong4lóng chuánginferred

English

  1. the Dragon Bed, regarded as the bed of Tin Hau, Lung Mo or Kwun Yam (goddesses in popular religion); worshipers fumble under the quilt on the Dragon Bed for grabbing good luck such as lotus seeds, which they believe will bring babies to the family, or packets of lucky money, which brings fortune in the coming year.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 被視為女神天后、龍母或者觀音專用嘅牀;民間宗教有摸龍牀嘅習俗,喺被底摸好意頭嘅物品,例如蓮子寓意連生貴子,利是寓意利利是是、吉利(量詞:張)

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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