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hoksiuxlee 🗣 (u: hog'siu'lee) 福壽螺 [wt][mo] hok-siū-lê [D]

1. () giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix), that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s || 福壽螺

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thiafm-hoksiu 🗣 (u: thiafm-hog'siu) 添福壽 [wt][mo] thiam-hok-siū [D]

1. (Exp) || 添福添壽。

1: Paix'paix kiuu peeng'afn, thiafm'hog'siu. (拜拜求平安、添福壽。) ()

2. (Exp) || 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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