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超ciu1度dou6

ciu1 dou6chāo dù

English

  1. to surpass
  2. to transcend
  3. to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace
  4. to release from purgatory; a rite of Taoism or Buddhism to pray for the dead, so that one's spirit can leave behind the sins and memory of the living world and go for transmigrate; literally, transcend and cross

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種道教或佛教儀式,為死者靈魂祈求解除罪孽與人間嘅牽絆,得以進入輪迴轉世

Examples

  • 超渡亡魂

    to release the ghost from purgatory

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

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