「年廿八洗邋遢,年廿九洗碌柚」
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Pronunciation: | nin4 jaa6 baat3 sai2 laat6 taat3 nin4 jaa6 gau2 sai2 luk1 jau2 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
年 year 廿 twenty 八 eight 洗 to wash; to clean; to erase 邋 遢 年 year 廿 twenty 九 nine 洗 to wash; to clean; to erase 碌 years in prison; to scroll; to roll; to pass by luck 柚 grapefruit |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to clean out the house on the 28th of the last month, and to wash one's body or house with pomelo-leaf water on the 29th, in order to welcome lunar new year
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