dead money

After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.

稍微打扫坟墓之后，人们开始将食物、鲜花和已故之人喜欢的供祭在墓前，然后就在墓碑前点燃香烛、焚化纸钱和鞠躬。

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Fortunately I'll be dead and gone long before the money runs out.

幸运的是在钱花完时我早就死去并被埋葬了。

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We get the money if she's dead or alive.

不管她是死是活，我们都能拿到钱。

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Ignored is the 20-year period from 1980 to 2000 when money invested in gold was dead money.

它忽略了一个事实：在1980年至2000年这长达20年的时间里，投在黄金上的资金可谓死钱。

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I mean these, people who putting money in his tip cup, didn't even know the guy was dead.

我是说，那些给小费的人都不知道他已经死了。

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Some analysts declared the deeply indebted company's common shares basically dead money.

一些分析师宣称负债累累的AIG的普通股基本上已经不值钱了。

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Beside, they burn paper money for the dead to use.

此外，人们还烧些纸钱给死者用。

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