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五子登科
  ng5 zi2 dang1 fo1   jyutping
  wu3 zi5 deng1 ke1   pinyin
acquisition of the little-five, indicates the target of success and happiness for the young generation: (car), 房子 (house), 金子 (banknote), 妻子 (wife), and also 兒子 (child)

四仔主義 is an analogous term in HK.

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
五子登科

This word has been viewed 1483 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 13th Apr 2010 03:13 and last edited on 16th May 2014 19:28
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Characters in this word:

 ng5  -  five; fifth
 zi2  -  son; person; egg; young; subsidiary
 dang1  -  ascend; climb; publish
 fo1  -  class; section; genus
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