Friday, 1 April 2011

An Ancient Hokkien Saying on Filial Piety (閩南孝道俚語)





On the way back from Jave's Medical Consultation, Jave and Mum stopped at Coffeeshop to have a quick bite, just at that moment, both of us saw a middle-age daughter feeding her Senile Mother. That moment, we will so touched by the scene. Suddenly this phrase that pass-down from my Grandmother appear in mine and Mum's mind.

The Phrase is:

父母飼咱生。咱飼父母老。
Pronouce as Peh Bhoo Chee Lang Shee.Lang Chee Peh Bhoo Lhao.

This is an old Hokkien saying of - Parent bring us to this World, feed us, support us till we got our own Family. We, as Children, also needed to support them till old and feed them when they are not able to feed themselves.

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