枵鬼食破家

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Chinese

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gluttonous; stingy; miserly
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
trad. (枵鬼食破家) 枵鬼
simp. #(枵鬼食破家) 枵鬼

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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枵鬼食破家

  1. (Hokkien) to incur greater loss due to keeping on getting things on the cheap

Synonyms

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