洞房花烛 — Chinese idiom
洞房花烛
dòng fáng huā zhú
Traditional: 洞房花燭
Meaning
- bridal room and ornamented candles
- wedding festivities
Character by character
- 洞dòngcave, grotto, hole, ravine
- 房fángbuilding, house, room
- 花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
- 烛zhúcandle, taper; to illuminate, to shine
Idioms sharing a character
- 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng
- 洞若观火 dòng ruò guān huǒ
- 漏洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū
- 空洞无物 kōng dòng wú wù
- 宠擅专房 chǒng shàn zhuān fáng
- 房前屋后 fáng qián wū hòu
- 文房四宝 wén fáng sì bǎo
- 蹿房越脊 cuān fáng yuè jǐ
- 借花献佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó
- 名花有主 míng huā yǒu zhǔ
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