三代粒積，一代開空
Chinese
| the Three Dynasties: | to save money | generation | open; operate (vehicle); start | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | |||
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| trad. (三代粒積，一代開空) | 三代 | 粒積 | ， | 一代 | 開 | 空 | |
| simp. (三代粒积，一代开空) | 三代 | 粒积 | ， | 一代 | 开 | 空 | |
| Literally: “money saved up by three generations, spent completely by one generation”. | |||||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chek, it-tāi khai-khong / saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chiak, it-tāi khai-khong / saⁿ-tē lia̍p-chek, it-tē khai-khong
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chek, it-tāi khai-khong
- Tâi-lô: sann-tāi lia̍p-tsik, it-tāi khai-khong
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁴ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tāi lia̍p-chiak, it-tāi khai-khong
- Tâi-lô: sann-tāi lia̍p-tsiak, it-tāi khai-khong
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tai⁴¹⁻²² liap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siak̚⁵ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² kʰai³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tē lia̍p-chek, it-tē khai-khong
- Tâi-lô: sann-tē lia̍p-tsik, it-tē khai-khong
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ te²²⁻²¹ kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Idiom
三代粒積，一代開空
- (Hokkien) wealth and enterprise built by the older generation with much difficulty are suddenly squandered by the younger generation