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Input was: u: borng u:chi. Searched DFT for u: borng u:chi, found 1,
- 🗣 bofngchi 🗣 (u: borng'chi) 罔飼 [wt][mo] bóng tshī
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|| 姑且餵養。早期臺灣人因為重男輕女,往往會把剛出生的女嬰取名為「罔市」或「罔腰」,與罔飼、罔育諧音,表示並不歡迎這個嬰兒,但是既然生下來了,只好姑且將她養育長大。但有時候是因為擔心小孩身體虛弱,便故意取個相反意味的小名,以保佑小孩順利成長。
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
- dictionary: DFT (24567 rows)
- columns: sbid, M, u, hj, h_j, buun_peh, lmj, ns, en, zh
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