Spilled salt is a sign of bad luck and trouble.

盐洒了是坏运气或麻烦的征兆。

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Some go to the trouble of relocating the remains of long-dead relatives when a spell of bad luck, like death and bankruptcies, is attributed to an ancestor's jinxed burial site.

当有一连串的厄运，如死亡﹑破产都归因于祖先的不吉利的埋葬地的时候，有些人因为要重新为早已逝去的亲人的骨灰选择栖息地而陷入困难。

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It also provides an opportunity for claimants to figure out whether the company's financial trouble was the result of bad luck or bad management, and to decide what should be done.

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