貪字得個貧
Chinese
| greedy | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
to get; to obtain; to only have to get; to obtain; to only have; to just have |
(classifier) | poor | ||
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| trad. (貪字得個貧) | 貪 | 字 | 得 | 個 | 貧 | |
| simp. (贪字得个贫) | 贪 | 字 | 得 | 个 | 贫 | |
| Literally: “with the word 'greed', there is only 'poverty'”. | ||||||
Etymology
From the graphical similarity between 貪 (“to be greedy; greed”) and 貧 (“to be poor; poverty”).
Pronunciation
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