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
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

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• 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/

Idiom

三代粒積，一代開空

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

Synonyms

• 三代粒積，一代傾空／三代粒积，一代倾空