闹洞房 (鬧洞房)
nào dòng fáng
Pinyin

Definition

闹洞房 (鬧洞房)
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nào dòng fáng
  1. disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

厨房
chú fáng
  1. 1 kitchen
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
房
Fáng
  1. 1 surname Fang
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 classifier: 栋 dòng
  6. 6 classifier: 幢 zhuàng
  7. 7 classifier: 座 zuò
  8. 8 classifier: 套 tào
  9. 9 classifier: 间 jiān
房间
fáng jiān
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
乳房
rǔ fáng
  1. 1 breast
  2. 2 udder

Idioms (14)

三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
宠擅专房
chǒng shàn zhuān fáng
  1. 1 an especially favored concubine (idiom)
小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
小洞不堵，大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.

Sample Sentences

是啊。不过在闹洞房的时候你可以借机整整他们。
shì a 。bùguò zài nào dòngfáng de shíhou nǐ kěyǐ jièjī zhěngzheng tāmen 。
Yeah. But when they are hazing the groom and the bride you can take the opportunity to make them suffer.
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闹洞房啦！闹洞房啦！
nào dòngfáng la ！nào dòngfáng la ！
It's time to play pranks on the newlyweds! It's time to play pranks on the newlyweds!
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