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三歲定八十
  saam1 seoi3 ding6 baat3 sap6   jyutping
  san1 sui4 ding4 ba1 shi2   pinyin
the character of a person at age three is already formed and will never change

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
三歲定八十

This word has been viewed 2014 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 18th Nov 2005 06:56 and last edited on 24th Mar 2009 16:15
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Characters in this word:

 saam1 saam3  -  three; several
 seoi3  -  year; age (of a person)
 ding6 deng6  -  stable; decide; surely; order; deposit
 baat3  -  eight
 sap6  -  ten
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