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送灶

Mandarin · pinyin sòng Zào

seeing off the kitchen god 灶神 Zào shén (traditional rite)

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送: sòng · see off, send off; dispatch, give
灶: zào · kitchen stove, cooking stove

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4–4 · song4 Zao4

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to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god (on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunar month)

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