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平安夜,失身夜
  ping4 on1 je6 sat1 san1 je6   jyutping
  ping2 an1 ye4 shi1 shen1 ye4   pinyin
"Silent Night, Deflowering Night", so called because of the phenomenon where some young women in HK choose to lose their virginity on Christmas Eve

The term probably is a bastardization of "Silent night! Holy night! 平安夜!"
Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
平安夜,失身夜

This word has been viewed 4748 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 24th Dec 2008 06:53 and last edited on 26th Dec 2008 06:33
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Characters in this word:

 ping4 peng4  -  peaceful; level
 on1  -  peaceful; stabilize; install; fabricate
 je6  -  night; dark, darkness
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 sat1  -  mistake; omission; lose; neglect
 san1  -  body; life; oneself
 je6  -  night; dark, darkness
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