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食果子拜樹頭. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
fruit; apple
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to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute |
top of a tree; branches of a tree
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| trad. (食果子拜樹頭)
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食
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果子
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拜
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樹頭
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| simp. (食果子拜树头)
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食
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果子
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拜
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树头
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| Literally: “to pay respect to the roots when one eats the fruit”.
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Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h ké-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kér-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kóe-chí pài chhiū-thâu
Proverb
食果子拜樹頭
- (Hokkien) remember where one's happiness comes from; do not forget one's roots or heritage
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
飲水思源 (“to remember where one's happiness comes from; to not forget one's roots or heritage”)