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笑siu3喪song1

siu3 song1xiào sànginferred

English

  1. a funeral that is not sorrowful as the deceased has lived a long life and passed away peacefully

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 高壽嘅人安詳噉辭世,因為享過長壽嘅福份,所以毋須太憂傷嘅喪禮形式

Examples

  • 邵逸夫爵士高齡逝世,家人決定用笑喪嘅形式舉行喪禮。

    As Sir Run Run Shaw has lived a long life, his family decided to hold his funeral in a light-hearted manner.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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