老瓜宿蒂
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Chinese[edit]
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash |
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former |
stem (of fruit) | ||
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trad. (老瓜宿蒂) | 老 | 瓜 | 宿 | 蒂 | |
simp. #(老瓜宿蒂) | 老 | 瓜 | 宿 | 蒂 | |
Literally: “old melon has a mature stem”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
老瓜宿蒂
- (Hokkien) experienced and astute; circumspect and far-seeing; scheming and calculating