| 单词 | hell money |
| 释义 | > as lemmashell money hell money n. (in China and Chinese contexts) imitation paper money burnt as an offering at a funeral, or at a ritual or festival honouring ancestors, in accordance with the traditional belief that it will be used by the spirit of the deceased in the afterlife.Cf. paper money n. 2, spirit money n. at spirit n. Compounds 1f. [After Chinese (Cantonese) míhng kéuhng ( < míhng (adjective) dark, (noun) underworld + kéuhng money) and (Mandarin) míngbì (already in Middle Chinese; compare míng , corresponding to Cantonese míhng , and bì money: see renminbi n.); compare also Malay wang neraka ( < wang money + neraka hell), probably after Cantonese Chinese.] ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral offerings obit1500 infest1567 paper money1704 hell money1940 society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > burnt > types of wood offering1611 paper money1704 johar1802 yajna1805 torma1895 hell money1940 havan1958 1940 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 30 June (Amer. Weekly section) 2/2 Although the average Chinaman seldom has enough of the currency of the realm in his pocket to keep himself in rice, he always manages to scrape up a few yen for ‘hell money’ when one of his relatives or acquaintances joins his honorable ancestors. 2006 China Econ. Rev. (Nexis) May The wads of hell money being burned at the graves include both fake renminbi and, increasingly, fake US dollars. < as lemmas |
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