欲嫁才縛跤

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See also: 欲嫁才缚跤

Chinese

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desire; longing; appetite
desire; longing; appetite; wish
 
marry (a husband)
ability; talent; endowment
ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
 
to bind one's feet
trad. (欲嫁才縛跤) 縛跤
simp. (欲嫁才缚跤) 缚跤
alternative forms 要嫁則縛腳要嫁则缚脚
要嫁才縛腳要嫁才缚脚
Literally: “to bind one's feet just before one gets married”.

Pronunciation

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Proverb

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欲嫁才縛跤

  1. (Hokkien) to fail to make a timely preparation; to do something at the last minute

Synonyms

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