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red packet

n (in Hong Kong, Malaysia, etc.)

1. a sum of money folded inside red paper and given at the Chinese New Year to unmarried younger relatives

2. such a gift given at Chinese weddings by the parents to the bride and groom and by the bride and groom to unmarried younger relatives

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No references found			Prying open the lid, Wong and another gravedigger picked out the bones and washed them with rice wine before handing them to the family, who gave them red packets containing token sums of money in appreciation. Tales from the crypt in Singapore by AFP / AFP Asian Edition Prying open the lid, Wong and another gravedigger picked out the bones and washed them with rice wine before handing them to the family, who gave them red packets containing token sums of money in appreciation. Tales from the crypt in Singapore by AFP / AFP Global Edition Bewley's Darjeeling is available in a box of 25 individually wrapped bags, which are wrapped in a red packet with a string and tag. How to Select the Best Irish Tea for Your Taste Bewleys Tea by Paul Gerst / Food/cooking/nutrition community			red light red line Red liquor Red maggot red maids red man Red manganese red maple red marrow red meat red mist Red mite red mordant red morning-glory red mulberry red mullet red ned Red Notice red oak red ocher red ochre red onion Red orpiment red osier red osier dogwood red packet red panda red pepper Red perch red periwinkle red phalarope Red phosphorus red pimpernel red pine Red Planet Red Poll red porgy Red precipitate Red prussiate of potash red puccoon red rag red raspberry red rat snake red rattle red region Red Republican red ribbon Red River red rockfish red roman red rose			red ocher Red ochre Red ochre Red October Red October Red oil red on blue red on green red on yellow red onion Red Onions Red orach Red orach Red orach Red orache Red orache Red orache Red orange Red orange Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet Red Orchestra Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Red orpiment Red orpiment red osier red osier dogwood Red out red oxide red oxide of zinc red packet red panda red panda red panda Red pandas Red Panther Red Panther Red Panther red paper bark Red para la Sustentabilidad Social A.C. Red PAS Auxiliary Controller Red PAS Controller red passion flower red pepper red pepper red pepper red pepper red pepper cryptic virus Red Pepper Software Company red peppers red peppers Red perch red periwinkle red periwinkle red phalarope Red Pheonix Red Phoenix Fighter Wing Red Phosphorous Red Phosphorous Red Phosphorous Red Phosphorous

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