洞房花燭夜
See also: 洞房花烛夜
Chinese
| secret inner room; bridal chamber | flowered candelabrum of the wedding night; wedding candles in the bridal chamber | night | ||
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| trad. (洞房花燭夜) | 洞房 | 花燭 | 夜 | |
| simp. (洞房花烛夜) | 洞房 | 花烛 | 夜 | |
| Literally: “spend a candle-lit night in the bridal chamber”. | ||||
Etymology
- 舊傳有詩四句，誦世人得意者云：『久旱逢甘雨，他鄉遇故知，洞房花燭夜，金榜掛名時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Hong Mai, Notes of Rongzhai (容齋隨筆)
- Jiù chuán yǒu shī sì jù, sòng shìrén déyì zhě yún: ‘Jiǔ hàn féng gānyǔ, tāxiāng yù gùzhī, dòngfáng huāzhú yè, jīnbǎng guàmíng shí. [Pinyin]
- There was a 4-verse poem describing things that make people delightful: “Rain after long drought, Meeting an old friend in a foreign land, The candle-lit night in the bridal chamber, And the time when one was admitted in the imperial examination.”
旧传有诗四句，诵世人得意者云：『久旱逢甘雨，他乡遇故知，洞房花烛夜，金榜挂名时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
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