枵鬼食破家

Chinese

		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	食	破	家
simp. ^#(枵鬼食破家)		枵鬼	食	破	家

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-ke / iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-kee

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-ke
  - Tâi-lô: iau-kuí-tsia̍h-phuà-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iau'kuyciaqphoarkef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-kúi-chia̍h-phòa-kee
  - Tâi-lô: iau-kuí-tsia̍h-phuà-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Idiom

枵鬼食破家

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

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 貪俗食破家／贪俗食破家, 俗物食破家

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