「長命債長命還」
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| Pronunciation： | coeng4 meng6 zaai3 coeng4 meng6 waan4 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
長 to grow; long; length; strong point; merit; specialty 命 life; fate; to order; to command; order; instruction; to assign a title; to entitle; lifetime 債 debt 長 to grow; long; length; strong point; merit; specialty 命 life; fate; to order; to command; order; instruction; to assign a title; to entitle; lifetime 還 to return; even; to bring back; to repay; and also; more; still |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to pay one's debts slowly; literally: life-long debt, life-long repayment
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