「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; baptism; to (kill and) loot; to rinse; to clean; to erase; to wipe 邋 遢 年 year 廿 twenty 九 nine 洗 to wash; baptism; to (kill and) loot; to rinse; to clean; to erase; to wipe 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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