三代粒積，一代傾空

Chinese

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

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
  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chek, it-tāi kheng-khong
      • Tâi-lô: sann-tāi lia̍p-tsik, it-tāi khing-khong
      • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁴ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chiak, it-tāi kheng-khong
      • Tâi-lô: sann-tāi lia̍p-tsiak, it-tāi khing-khong
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tai⁴¹⁻²² liap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siak̚⁵ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² kʰiɪŋ³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tē lia̍p-chek, it-tē kheng-khong
      • Tâi-lô: sann-tē lia̍p-tsik, it-tē kheng-khong
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ te²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

三代粒積，一代傾空

  1. (Hokkien) wealth and enterprise built by the older generation with much difficulty are suddenly squandered by the younger generation

Synonyms

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