engagement card with birth details
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
engagement card listing birth details; marital horoscope card
archaicAlso called '庚帖 (gēngtiě)'. An old custom where the birth date and time (the 'eight characters' 八字) of a prospective bride or groom were written on a red card and exchanged to check compatibility before an arranged marriage. An archaic term.
Àn按
zhào照
jiù旧
sú俗
，
dìng订
hūn婚
shí时
yào要
jiāo交
huàn换
bā八
zì字
tiě帖
。
According to old customs, engagement cards with birth details were exchanged when betrothing.
Zhè这
zhāng张
bā八
zì字
tiě帖
shàng上
xiě写
yǒu有
tā她
de的
shēng生
chén辰
bā八
zì字
。
This engagement card has her birth date and time written on it.
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Méi媒
rén人
sòng送
lái来
le了
nán男
fāng方
de的
bā八
zì字
tiě帖
。
The matchmaker delivered the man's horoscope card.