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🗣 ciaqlau 🗣 (u: ciah'lau) 食老 [wt][mo] tsia̍h-lāu [#]
1. (N) || 老年、晚年。年紀老了、年老的時候。
🗣le: (u: Ciah'lau bøo'hau, or bøo thoo'tau.) 🗣 (食老無效,挖無塗豆。) (年紀大了就沒用了,連花生都挖不到。是老人家調侃自己的俏皮話。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 ciaqlauxzhutphiah 🗣 (u: ciah'lau'zhud'phiah) 食老出癖 [wt][mo] tsia̍h-lāu-tshut-phia̍h [#]
1. (Exp) || 活到一大把年紀才出麻疹,比喻老了才做出反常的行徑,或是性情大變。
🗣le: (u: Y zøx zap'id'køf go'zap tafng`aq, cid'mar ciaq sviu'beq zhoa'bor, laang korng y si ciah'lau'zhud'phiah.) 🗣 (伊做十一哥五十冬矣,這馬才想欲娶某,人講伊是食老出癖。) (他當了五十年的光棍,現在才想要結婚,人家說他是老了才出麻疹。)
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