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養兒一百歲,長憂九十九
joeng5 ji4 jat1 baak3 seoi3 coeng4 jau1 gau2 sap6 gau2 |
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parents worry about their children forever: to raise a child till he reaches age one hundred, a parent would worry about him for ninety-nine years. [also] 生兒一百歲,長憂九十九 Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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養兒一百歲,長憂九十九 / 养儿一百岁,长忧九十九 | ||
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Characters in this word:養 joeng5 - support; sustain; breed; rest; foster兒 ji4 - child, son 一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little 百 baak3 - hundred 歲 seoi3 - year; age (of a person) , - (not in database) 長 coeng4 zoeng2 - long; length; forte; grow; older; chief 憂 jau1 - worry about; look worried; sorrow 九 gau2 - nine 十 sap6 - ten 九 gau2 - nine |
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