| 单词 | spirit money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit money spirit money n. (in religious ceremonies and funerals in China and Chinese contexts) imitation money, usually made of decorated paper, which is burnt (or otherwise used) as an offering to a deity or deceased person, in accordance with a traditional belief that the money will appease the deity or be used by the spirit of the deceased in the afterlife. [Compare Chinese (Cantonese) míhng kéuhng (see hell money n. at hell n. and int. Compounds 2).] Cf. paper money n. 2. ΚΠ 1887 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1886 319 A fetich of some sort..is brought in, and spirit-money is burned before it. 1935 Chinese Recorder Sept. 550 A great deal of spirit money..is burnt for the spirits of the dead. 1967 Middletown Jrnl. (Ohio) 27 Aug. 31 (caption) A sister of the dead man has a box of spirit money to throw along the way to buy the good will of spirits. 2006 A. Y. Chau Miraculous Response viii. 160 The pile of bright yellow spirit money burning like a bonfire. < as lemmas |
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