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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cha·ri·va·ri /ˌʃɪvəˈri, ˈʃɪvəˌ/
 瞎鬧音樂,大胡鬧

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cha·ri·va·ri n.  A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also shivaree.
 Syn: -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump.
 Note: ☞ It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 charivari
      n : a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to
          a newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree, callithump,
           callathump, belling]