食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚

Chinese

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Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h bé-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu / chia̍h bóe-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien: Taipei)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h bé-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h bé-gê bīn iu-iu, tsia̍h thâu-gê lián tshuì-tshiu
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴ bin³³⁻¹¹ iu⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴ t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴ liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h bóe-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h bué-gê bīn iu-iu, tsia̍h thâu-gê lián tshuì-tshiu
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³ bin³³⁻²¹ iu⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴ t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ ɡe²³ liɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/

Proverb

食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚

  1. (Min Nan) Employees are more prone to dismissal before than after Chinese New Year.

See also

References

“Entry #3083”, 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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