粵

仔zai2細sai3老lou5婆po4嫩nyun6

simp仔细老婆嫩
zai2 sai3 lou5 po4 nyun6zǐ xì lǎo po nèn

English

  1. one's child(ren) and wife are still young
  2. to have small children and a young wife; often used to imply that a person is burdened with the responsibility of taking care of his family

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 個仔好細個,老婆好後生;指一個人有家室要照顧,負擔好重

Examples

  • 佢仔細老婆嫩,你炒咗佢嘅話,佢就冇錢養家㗎喇。

    He has a young wife and some kids. If you fire him, he'll have no money to support his family.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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