貪字貧字殼
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]greedy | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
poor | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
shell | ||
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trad. (貪字貧字殼) | 貪 | 字 | 貧 | 字 | 殼 | |
simp. (贪字贫字壳) | 贪 | 字 | 贫 | 字 | 壳 | |
Literally: “the character 'greed' is shelled in the character 'poverty'”. |
Etymology
[edit]From the graphical similarity between 貪 (“to be greedy; greed”) and 貧 (“to be poor; poverty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tham--jī pîn--jī khak / tham--lī pîn--lī khak
Proverb
[edit]貪字貧字殼
- (Southern Min) Do not be greedy or you will suffer losses