富不过三代

wealth never survives three generations (idiom)

surname Fu

rich / abundant / wealthy

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

three / 3

three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)

to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon