zhì​píng​lǐ

ship launching ceremony

  • created sense approved 掷瓶礼/擲瓶禮 · zhì​píng​lǐ · ship launching ceremony — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    掷瓶礼 / 擲瓶禮

    zhì​píng​lǐ

    ship launching ceremony

    ship christening ceremony in which a bottle of champagne is smashed against the bow of a new vessel for good luck

    掷瓶 (literal) → 掷瓶/擲瓶 · zhì​píng · to smash a bottle 礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · rite

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense