長命事
Chinese
| long-lived; longevous | matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (長命事) | 長命 | 事 | |
| simp. (长命事) | 长命 | 事 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
長命事
- (Changting Hakka) a job that drags on indefinitely; work that takes so long you need a long life to see it finished
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “长命事”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 82.