度三頓
Chinese
capacity; degree; standard | three | a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating) | ||
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trad. (度三頓) | 度 | 三 | 頓 | |
simp. (度三顿) | 度 | 三 | 顿 |
Pronunciation
Verb
度三頓
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood
Synonyms
- 糊口 (húkǒu)
- 糊嘴 (húzuǐ)
- 過活/过活 (guòhuó)
- 謀生/谋生 (móushēng)
- 營生/营生 (yíngshēng)
- (colloquial) 混飯吃/混饭吃 (hùnfànchī)
- (Min Nan) 度食, 度喙飽/度喙饱