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Chinese
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the Three Dynasties:
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to save money
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generation
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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 |
| trad. (三代粒積，一代傾空)
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三代
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粒積
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，
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一代
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傾
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空
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| simp. (三代粒积，一代倾空)
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三代
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粒积
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，
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一代
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倾
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空
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| Literally: “money saved up by three generations, spent completely by one generation”.
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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
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
Synonyms