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守sau2孝haau3

sau2 haau3shǒu xiào

English

  1. to observe mourning for one's parents
  2. in the old days, to be isolated from social activities when parents or the emperor died

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 父母死咗或者古時皇帝駕崩之後，喺一段時間內暫停娛樂同交際以表示哀悼

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

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