親生仔不如近身錢 (can1 sang1 zai2 bat1 jyu4 gan6 san1 cin4 | qin1 sheng1/5 zi1 bu4 ru2 shen1qian2) : it's better to have money than to have to depend on your own children

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親生仔不如近身錢

can1 sang1 zai2 bat1 jyu4 gan6 san1 cin4

qin1 sheng1/5 zi1 bu4 ru2 shen1qian2

it's better to have money than to have to depend on your own children

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

親生仔不如近身錢 / 亲生仔不如近身钱

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親 can1 can3 - parent; relative; intimate; personally
生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe
仔 zai2 zi2 - son; child
不 bat1 - not; no; un-
如 jyu4 - if, as if, like, equal to
近 gan6 kan5 - near; close
身 san1 - body; life; oneself
錢 cin4 cin4*2 - cash, money, coins

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