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三更窮五更富 (saam1 gaang1 kung4 ng5 gaang1 fu3) — lit. poor at 3 o'clock and rich by 5, meaning one who has no financial planning, and spending all of what one's earn quickly in Cantonese

saamˉ¹三gaangˉ¹更kungˎ₄窮ngˏ₅五gaangˉ¹更fu˗₃富
简 三更穷五更富
Mandarin Pinyin: san1 geng1 qiong2 wu3 geng1 fu4

Meaning of 三更窮五更富

nounlit. poor at 3 o'clock and rich by 5, meaning one who has no financial planning, and spending all of what one's earn quickly

Characters in 三更窮五更富

三saam1
three; third; thrice
更gang1
a watch period (one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided starting at 7pm)
窮kung4
having an end; having a limit
五ng5
five; fifth
富fu3
a Chinese family name

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