"洞房花燭夜" meaning in Chinese

See 洞房花燭夜 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tʊŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tʊŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: dòngfáng huāzhú yè [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄨˊ ㄧㄝˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dòngfáng huāzhú yè [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄓㄨˊ ㄧㄝˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dòngfáng huajhú yè [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tung⁴-fang² hua¹-chu² yeh⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dùng-fáng hwā-jú yè [Mandarin, Yale, standard], donqfarng huajwu yeh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], дунфан хуачжу е [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dunfan xuačžu je [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] Forms: 洞房花烛夜
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 洞房花燭夜
  1. the wedding night Wikipedia link: Hong Mai Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-洞房花燭夜-zh-phrase-BEXHb3-U Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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