People believe that the tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu can make eyes clear and drive away bad luck.

人们相信在谷雨那天采摘的茶叶可以明目，驱走厄运。

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In this way, "sweeping the dust" before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.

这样，“在春节前扫尘”是指彻底清洁房屋扫除过去一年的厄运。

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At the end of the festival, the branches are thrown into a river, thus taking bad luck away.

在庆典结束时，人们把竹枝丢到河里让它们随波流走，这样会把厄运一起带走。

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but she has not had the best of luck in the romance department and, with her biological clock ticking away, she has decided the "right guy" may never show up.

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The celebrated centre chipped over the Quins defence into space, got the luck of the bounce and accelerated away to the line.

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Kanchelskis, who scored twice for Rangers at the weekend, tried his luck from the edge of the area only to see his effort turned away by Hearts goalkeeper Niemi.

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Not many teams have claimed the big prizes without enjoying some luck along the way with decisions, but it all underlines the uncertainty of United's form away from Old Trafford this season.

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