红色炸弹 / 紅色炸彈

hóng​sè​zhà​dàn

wedding invitation

A humorous way to refer to a wedding invitation, literally 'red bomb', because they are sent in red envelopes and require the recipient to spend money on a gift.

红色 (literal) → 红色/紅色 · hóng​sè · red 炸弹 (literal) → 炸弹/炸彈 · zhà​dàn · bomb

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM