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🗣 hoksiuxlee 🗣 (u: hog'siu'lee) 福壽螺 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]
1. () (CE) giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix), that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s
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🗣 thiafm-hoksiu 🗣 (u: thiafm-hog'siu) 添福壽 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]
添福添壽 。 逢年有閏月時 , 出嫁的女兒應送母親一樣禮物 , 為母親去災解禍 , 稱為 「 添福壽 」 或 「 添壽 」, 母親則以湯圓 、 花生等吉祥物回禮 , 是臺灣民間的一種習俗 。

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