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🗣 Cit ee gyn'ar khaq lauxjiet svaf ee toaxlaang. 🗣 (u: Cit ee girn'ar khaq lau'jiet svaf ee toa'laang. ⬆︎ ) 一个囡仔較鬧熱三个大人。 [wt][mo][[MK]] Tsi̍t ê gín-á khah lāu-jia̍t sann ê tuā-lâng. [#]

1. () || 一個小孩比三個大人在一起還熱鬧。小孩天真活潑，不時活蹦亂跳，大人也爭相哄他寵他，往往會逗得大人們笑呵呵。所以家裡有小孩子，氣氛會顯得熱鬧又活絡。

🗣le: (u: Zu'cioong yn afng'ar'bor svef cit ee girn'ar liao'au, goaan'tea zhux`lie cyn tiam'zeng, tvaf pud'sii tøf lau'jiet'kurn'kurn, cyn'cviax si “cit ee girn'ar khaq lau'jiet svaf ee toa'laang”.) 🗣 (自從𪜶翁仔某生一个囡仔了後，原底厝裡真恬靜，今不時都鬧熱滾滾，真正是「一个囡仔較鬧熱三个大人」。) (自從他們夫妻生了一個小孩之後，原本家裡相當寂靜，現在常常都很熱鬧，真的是「一個小孩比三個大人還熱鬧」。)

🗣 lauxtoaxkofng 🗣 (u: lau'toa'kofng ⬆︎ ) 老大公 [wt][mo][[MK]] lāu-tuā-kong [#]

1. (N) (CE) wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom); person who has no family or friends to rely on || 孤魂野鬼。

🗣le: (u: Ti Kef'laang u cit kefng hok'sai lau'toa'kofng ee biø.) 🗣 (佇基隆有一間服侍老大公的廟。) (在基隆有一間祭拜孤魂野鬼的廟。)
近義：

hør-hviati, 好兄弟

🗣 lauxtoaxlaang 🗣 (u: lau'toa'laang ⬆︎ ) 老大人 [wt][mo][[MK]] lāu-tuā-lâng [#]

1. (N) || 老人家。高齡的長者。
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Taiwanese Dictionaries — Sources

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