diào
qián
r

dialect
folk
noun

Meaning of 吊钱儿

吊钱儿 means decorative paper-cut with hollowed patterns and characters pasted on the door lintel during Spring Festival. Pronounced diào qián r.

  • decorative paper-cut with hollowed patterns and characters pasted on the door lintel during Spring Festival

Definitions & Examples

Měi
nián
chūn
jié
 
nǎi
nai
dōu
huì
mǎi
zhāng
diào
qián
r
tiē
zài
mén
méi
shàng
 

Every Spring Festival, grandma buys several decorative paper-cuts to paste on the door lintel.

Hóng
de
diào
qián
r
suí
fēng
piāo
dòng
 
chōng
mǎn
le
jié
de
fēn
 

The red paper-cuts flutter in the wind, filling the air with festive atmosphere.

Zài
tiān
jīn
 
rén
men
guàn
zhè
zhǒng
lòu
kōng
zhǐ
jiào
zuò
diào
qián
r
 

In Tianjin, people are accustomed to calling this kind of hollow-cut paper 'diaoqianr'.

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