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三旬九食 (saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6) — lit., in thirty days only nine meals (idiom) in Cantonese

saamˉ¹三ceonˎ₄旬gauˊ²九sikˍ₆食
Mandarin Pinyin: san1 xun2 jiu3 shi2

Meaning of 三旬九食

nounlit., in thirty days only nine meals (idiom)
nounfamily on the brink of starvation; in dire straights

Example Sentences with 三旬九食

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日saamˉ¹三seonˎ₄旬gauˊ²九sikˍ₆食。
He's always eating whatever he wants.
gamˊ²咁joengˍ₆樣saamˉ¹三seonˎ₄旬gauˊ²九sikˍ₆食mˎ₄唔dakˉ¹得gaa˗₃㗎。
Eating whatever you want like this is not allowed.
sai˗₃細sai˗₃細go˗₃個zauˍ₆就saamˉ¹三seonˎ₄旬gauˊ²九sikˍ₆食。
He ate whatever he wanted when he was young.
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋saamˉ¹三seonˎ₄旬gauˊ²九sik6,食，houˊ²好ziˍ₆自jauˎ₄由。
We eat whatever we want, very freely.
keoiˏ₅佢zungˉ¹鍾ji˗₃意saamˉ¹三seonˎ₄旬gauˊ²九sikˍ₆食。
He likes to eat whatever he wants.
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Characters in 三旬九食

三saam1
three; third; thrice
旬ceon4
ten-year period (usually used to indicate a person's age)
九gau2
nine
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking

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