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
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.]

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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.]

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.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngfáng huāzhú yè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄨˊ ㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngfáng huāzhú yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄨˊ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngfáng huajhú yè
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-fang² hua¹-chu² yeh⁴
    • Yale: dùng-fáng hwā-jú yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqfarng huajwu yeh
    • Palladius: дунфан хуачжу е (dunfan xuačžu je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/

Idiom

洞房花燭夜

1. the wedding night