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全句係「死人燈籠報大數 」，意思一樣。舊陣時屋企有老人家#過身 嘅時候會響門口到掛一對白燈籠，上邊寫住逝者享壽若干。呢個數目通常都會因為意頭而加返三年落去，而死人燈籠報大數呢個意思就由此而來。 (to report a bigger sum; to exaggerate or inflate a figure; literally: dead man's lantern)
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全句係「死人燈籠報大數 」，意思一樣。舊陣時屋企有老人家#過身 嘅時候會響門口到掛一對白燈籠，上邊寫住逝者享壽若干。呢個數目通常都會因為意頭而加返三年落去，而死人燈籠報大數呢個意思就由此而來。 (to report a bigger sum; to exaggerate or inflate a figure; literally: dead man's lantern)
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