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English

1. double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
2. Qixi Festival; the seventh evening of the seventh lunar month (in Hong Kong)
3. girls' festival
4. Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 東亞節日名，又叫做乞巧節、七姐誕，喺香港定於農曆七月七日，會喺夜晚慶祝。一般視作同婦女乞求針黹巧藝相關；另外後世有啲人亦都會因為當晚牛郎、織女喺天上相會嘅傳説而視之為情人嘅節日。

Examples

• 七夕節，又名星星節，係喺7月7號舉行，當時隔住銀河系嘅星星每年會相遇一次。

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• 七夕节快乐！

  Happy Qixi Festival!

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• 七夕在漫畫裡常常出現所以我也了解它的意思。

  Tanabata comes up in manga a lot so I also know it fairly well.

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