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三歲定八十 (saam1 seoi3 ding6 baat3 sap6) — (phrase) how a child acts (at age 3) already determines how he / she will be when he / she is an adult. in Cantonese

saamˉ¹三seoi˗₃歲dingˍ₆定baat˗₃八sapˍ₆十
简 三岁定八十
Mandarin Pinyin: san1 sui4 ding4 ba1 shi2

Meaning of 三歲定八十

noun(phrase) how a child acts (at age 3) already determines how he / she will be when he / she is an adult.

Characters in 三歲定八十

三saam1
three; third; thrice
歲seoi3
year; age (of a person)
定ding6
shortened form of 定係 'or'
八baat3
eight
十sap6
KangXi radical 24

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