三代粒積，一代傾空
Chinese
| the 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 | |
| alternative forms | 三代粒積，一代窮空／三代粒积，一代穷空 | ||||||
| Literally: “money saved up by three generations, spent completely by one generation”. | |||||||
Pronunciation
- 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)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chek, it-tāi kheng-khong
- Tâi-lô: sann-tāi lia̍p-tsik, it-tāi khing-khong
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²² liap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁴ tai²² kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²² liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ tai²² kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chiak, it-tāi kheng-khong
- Tâi-lô: sann-tāi lia̍p-tsiak, it-tāi khing-khong
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tai⁴¹ liap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siak̚⁵ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹ 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
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² te²² liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ te²² kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Idiom
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