艱苦錢

艱苦錢

1. (Southern Min) hard-earned money

   • 恁老爸的錢，毋是天頂加落來的，是恁老爸上山落海、飼豬飼牛，作穡拖磨儉落來的艱苦錢。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     恁老爸的钱，毋是天顶加落来的，是恁老爸上山落海、饲猪饲牛，作穑拖磨俭落来的艰苦钱。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2012, 陳長慶 (Chang-ching Chen), 了尾仔囝, page 88

     Lín lāu-pē ê chîⁿ, m̄-sī thiⁿ-téng ke lo̍h-lâi--ê, sī lín lāu-pē chiūⁿ-soaⁿ lo̍h-hái, chhī tir chhī gû, choh-sit thoa-bôa khiām lo̍h-lâi ê kan-khó͘-chîⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Your father's money doesn't just drop down from the sky, but it's hard-earned money he saved up from going up the mountains and out to the sea, from tending for pigs and cows, from working and toiling.