落屎馬

See also: 落屎马

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Originally referred to a horse with diarrhea.

Pronunciation

Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): làu-sái-bé

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-sái-bé
  - Tâi-lô: làu-sái-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laosay'bea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²¹⁻⁴¹ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau¹¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/

Noun

落屎馬

(Taiwanese Hokkien) a horse with diarrhea
(Taiwanese Hokkien) good-for-nothing; useless person

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

On-line Taiwanese Dictionary
劉建仁 (2012-04-29), “漏屎馬（lauʟ-saiˋ-beˋ）──拉肚子的馬；比喻無能的人”, in 台灣話的語源與理據‎ (in Chinese), retrieved 2016-02-05
“Entry #9955”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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