老翁疼茈某
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
elderly person | (it) hurts; love fondly; ache (it) hurts; love fondly; ache; pain; sore |
young wife lacking in experience | ||
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| trad. (老翁疼茈某) | 老 | 翁 | 疼 | 茈某 | |
| simp. #(老翁疼茈某) | 老 | 翁 | 疼 | 茈某 | |
| alternative forms | 老翁疼子某 | ||||
| Literally: “an old husband loves a young wife”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-ang thiàⁿ-chíⁿ-bó͘ / lǎu-ang thiàⁿ-chíⁿ-bó͘
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-ang thiàⁿ-chíⁿ-bó͘
- Tâi-lô: lāu-ang thiànn-tsínn-bóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: lauxafng tviarcvy'bor
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ aŋ⁴⁴ tʰiã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-ang thiàⁿ-chíⁿ-bó͘
- Tâi-lô: lǎu-ang thiànn-tsínn-bóo
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²² aŋ³³ tʰiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Idiom
老翁疼茈某
- (Hokkien) a young wife is better loved and taken better care of by an older husband than a younger one (implying that young women should not marry men younger than them)
Synonyms
- (Hokkien) 老翁疼茈某，茈翁不如無／老翁疼茈某，茈翁不如无