粵

斷dyun6擔daam1挑tiu1

simp断担挑
dyun6 daam1 tiu1tyun5 daam3 tiu1duàn dān tiāo

English

  1. the living costs and burden from having many children are too heavy to take up
  2. the burden too heavy; figuratively to have too many children (slogan from a previous government campaign on family planning). Literally: to break the carrying-pole

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 負擔過重，不勝負荷；比喻生得太多子女 (6,70年代「家庭計劃指導會」廣告中嘅用語)

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

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