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雙
喜
臨
門
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双
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临
门
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Jyutping
soeng1 hei2 lam4 mun4
Pinyin
shuāng xǐ lín mén
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
two simultaneous happy events in the family
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
two happy events happen at the same time
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
俗话说:双喜临门;可俗话又说:福无双进,祸不单行!
俗話說:雙喜臨門;可俗話又說:福無雙進,禍不單行!
sú huà shuō : shuāng xǐ lín mén ; kě sú huà yòu shuō : fú wú shuāng jìn , huò bù dān xíng !
There’s a saying that goes, "Fortune always comes in pairs." But there’s another saying that says, "Fortune comes, but never in pairs, while misfortune always does."
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
双喜临门
雙喜臨門
double blessings arrives one after another