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闹洞房

nào dòng fángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-201486900c3a6e20. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鬧洞房 闹洞房 [nao4 dong4 fang2] /disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)/

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Other forms in these source records: 鬧洞房

  • 闹
    nào

    noisy / boisterous / bustling / lively / to make noise / to cause a disturbance / to express / to vent (feelings) / to experience (an illness, disaster, famine etc) / to fool around / to engage in (an activity, often vigorously or disruptively)

  • 洞
    dòng

    cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[gè]

    tóng

    used in 洪洞[Hóng tóng] (the name of a place in Shanxi)

  • 房
    fáng

    house / room / CL:間|间[jiān] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines)

    Fáng

    surname Fang

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