大酒店

Chinese
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
hotel; inn; bar
hotel; inn; bar; pub; tavern
trad. (大酒店) 大 酒店
simp. #(大酒店) 大 酒店
Literally: “big hotel”.

Etymology
“funeral parlor”
Everyone has to stay at the funeral parlour for a night after death, just like what living people do at a hotel.

Pronunciation

Noun

大酒店

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) funeral home; funeral parlor

Synonyms
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