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拜baai3堂tong4

baai3 tong4bài táng

English

  1. ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony
  2. for the bride and the bridegroom to kow-tow to the ancestors as part of a traditional wedding ceremony
  3. same as 拜天地

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中式嘅結婚傳統,婚禮嘅其中一環入面,新郎同新娘要對祖宗叩頭。

Examples

  • 當你進入禮拜堂時,把你的帽子脫下來。

    Take your hat off when you enter a house of worship.

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

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