Peace is a Great Blessing

Teochew idiom:

pêng5ang1 deng1 dua7tang3

平安 當 大賺

“peace is a great blessing”

This means that good health, a harmonious home, and stable finances are as good as striking it rich. This reflects the Teochew attitude of being content with one’s blessings. tang3 赚 is also written 趁. Writing it as 赚 is an example of 训用, using a Mandarin or Classical Chinese character to represent a dialect word, even though strictly speaking they may not have the same etymology. The literary pronunciation of 赚 is zuang3.

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Posted on 2020-12-02 00:00:00 +0000