Learning : Chinese Funeral
Abstract : Funerals are always sad, but also a part of life. Like the Ying and Yang, one must know about Life and Death, or as Mufasa says to Simba in Lion King – it's the “Circle of Life”
It is always sad when you lose someone in your family. In China if your colleagues and friends or their family pass away, you may be invited to attend. If so you need to learn some basic manners such as what you can do and what you can't do. Let's start by learning some simple vocabularies:
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diàoyàn |
吊唁 |
mourn |
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shēnsè |
深色 |
dark-color |
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juéduì |
绝对 |
absolutely/ definitely |
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chūxízhě |
出席者 |
attendee |
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zànglǐ |
葬礼 |
funeral |
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xìnfēng |
信封 |
envelope |
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jìnzhǐ |
禁止 |
forbidden |
