三代粒積,一代傾空
Chinese
editthe Three Dynasties: | to save money | generation | to overturn; to collapse; to lean to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out |
emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | |||
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trad. (三代粒積,一代傾空) | 三代 | 粒積 | , | 一代 | 傾 | 空 | |
simp. (三代粒积,一代倾空) | 三代 | 粒积 | , | 一代 | 倾 | 空 | |
Literally: “money saved up by three generations, spent completely by one generation”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chek, it-tāi kheng-khong / saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chiak, it-tāi kheng-khong / saⁿ-tē lia̍p-chek, it-tē kheng-khong
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chiak, it-tāi kheng-khong
- Tâi-lô: sann-tāi lia̍p-tsiak, it-tāi khing-khong
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tai⁴¹⁻²² liap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siak̚⁵ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² kʰiɪŋ³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tē lia̍p-chek, it-tē kheng-khong
- Tâi-lô: sann-tē lia̍p-tsik, it-tē kheng-khong
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ te²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
Idiom
edit三代粒積,一代傾空
- (Hokkien) wealth and enterprise built by the older generation with much difficulty are suddenly squandered by the younger generation
Synonyms
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