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粵語辭叢

破地獄

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粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
01

民間宗教中,喪禮及盂蘭勝會嘅一項科儀,寓意打開地獄之門,引領亡靈 ((in popular religion) a ritual in a funeral or Yu Lan Ghost Festival, which implies opening of the gate to hell and guiding the spirits)

名詞
02

比喻跳到好似#打齋 咁嘅#舞姿 (figuratively: dancing posture which looks like the ceremony for accidental deceased in Taoist funeral)

維基辭典YueWord

Original phonetic: /pʰɔː³³ tei̯²² jʊk̚²/

01

“Breaking (the) Hell's Gate” (a funeral ritual performed by Taoist priests, common in Hong Kong)

02

to "break the gates of hell"; to perform “Breaking (the) Hell's Gate”

03

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 破 (pò), 地獄 /地狱 (dìyù).

Examples

唔係㗎,生人都要破地獄㗎,生人都好多地獄。

No… There are a lot of troubled souls. Living can be hell. (Official English subtitles)