貪俗食破家

Chinese

		greedy	vulgar	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (貪俗食破家)		貪	俗	食	破	家
simp. (贪俗食破家)		贪	俗	食	破	家

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tham-sio̍k-chia̍h-phòa-ke / tham-sio̍k-chia̍h-phòa-kee

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-sio̍k-chia̍h-phòa-ke
    • Tâi-lô: tham-sio̍k-tsia̍h-phuà-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamsiogciaqphoarkef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam³³ siɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-sio̍k-chia̍h-phòa-kee
    • Tâi-lô: tham-sio̍k-tsia̍h-phuà-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Idiom

貪俗食破家

1. (Hokkien) to incur greater loss due to keeping on getting things on the cheap

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 俗物食破家, 枵鬼食破家