白事
baak6 si6bái shì
English
- funeral
- to explain (literary)
- funeral, which is represented with the white colour by ethnic Chinese; literally: white incident
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喪事、葬禮;華人以白色代表喪事
Examples
明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。所以,所有进步都要靠不明事理的人。
Those who understand adapt to the world; those who don't understand want the world to adapt to them. This is why all human progress depends on people who don't understand.
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你唔知森哥屋企有白事咩?
You don't know Brother Sum's family is having a funeral?
阿明佢請咗白事假,今日唔返工喇。
Ah Ming has applied a leave for attending a funeral. He will not be on duty today.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk