"hong bao" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hong bao [plural], hong baos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|hong bao|s|nolinkhead=1}} hong bao (plural hong bao or hong baos)
  1. Alternative form of hongbao Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hongbao
    Sense id: en-hong_bao-en-noun-dO7nMsjF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1980, B. Michael Frolic, “Notes [Notes to Pages 50–65]”, in Mao’s People: Sixteen Portraits of Life in Revolutionary China, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, note 8, page 269:",
          "text": "In the old days gifts of money were given to children by the older generation and were placed in red envelopes called hong bao. This practice has been discouraged by the Communists because it perpetuates \"feudal-capitalist consciousness,\" the worship of wealth and money.",
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          "ref": "1988 January–February, Suzanne L. Murphy, “Island Hopping: Singapore’s Chingay Parade: Music, Muscle and Make-Believe”, in Nancy Zimmerman, editor, Islands: An International Magazine, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Islands Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 79, column 1:",
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          "text": "After extensive negotiations, and at the arrival of the groom at the bride's house, the groom is usually admitted only after he offers a red envelope (hong bao) containing money in multiples of 99 or 999. Those numbers symbolize a long, happy marriage.",
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