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feed with feeling lost or disconcerted; temporary feed without hope
罔飼; 姑且養之

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🗣 bofngchi 🗣 (u: borng'chi ⬆︎ ) 罔飼 [wt][mo][[MK]] bóng tshī [#]
1. (V) || 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。
近義:
  1. borng iøf, 罔育


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