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Entries categorized as ‘Chh’

Scapegoat

June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Or: the one to blame, the one who gets picked on

 

Chhàu thâu-ke-á

Literally: scabby-headed chicken

 

I tī ha̍k8-hāu lóng chò chi̍t8 ê chhàu thâu-ke-á.

He’s always picked on at school.

Categories: Chh · Figures of speech · Society

Common name, normal name

June 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

chhài-chhī-á miâ

Literally: a vegetable-market name

Categories: Chh · Family · Society

Three-month trial period

October 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Saⁿ-kò go̍eh8 ê chhì-iōng

Categories: Business · Chh

The tall tree catches the wind

August 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Chhiū kôan, khah siū hong

…and so, by extension, people in high positions are often the subject of envy and criticism.

Categories: Chh · Proverbs

Full of

August 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Chhiong-bóan

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Pài-hu̍t ê lâng jīn-ûi sè-kan chhiong-bóan thòng-khó, bān-bu̍t lóng m̄-sī-tēng put piànê, che hō•-chòe bû-siông.

Buddhists believe that this earth is full of suffering and that just by coming here, one can’t help but experience painful suffering.

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Categories: Chh · Religion and Morality

The Woodworker

May 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A joke for today:

Ba̍k8-chhiūⁿ tio̍h8-sī chò-ba̍k8 ê sai-hū, iā kiò ba̍k8-kang. 1 ê ba̍k8-chhiūⁿ thè lâng chng mn̂g-chhòaⁿ , sòa chng tī mn̂g gōa.

A woodworker is an artisan who works with wood, also called a carpenter. A woodworker was installing a door-lock for someone, and ended up installing it on the outside of the door.

Chú-lang mē i ” thûi — kò.”

The house-owner called him an idiot.

I mā mē chú-lâng ” thûi — kò.”

And he also called the owner an idiot.

” Ah bô, góa sī tó-ūi thûi?”

What? How am I an idiot? (Literally: Where am I an idiot?)

“Lí nā bô thûi tio̍h bē chhiàⁿ — góa!”

You wouldn’t have hired me if you weren’t an idiot.

 

Categories: Chh · Insults · Jokes

Export-processing Zone (EPZ)

April 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Chhut-kháu ê ka-kang-khu

Categories: Business · Chh · Economics · K

Spend money like crazy

April 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Chhut chîⁿ chin phàⁿ-chhíu

Categories: Business · Chh · Ph

Political manipulation, political games

April 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Chèng-tī chhau-chok

Categories: Ch · Chh · Politics

Tomb-sweeping Day

April 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Chheng-bêng-chiat

Categories: Chh · Family · Holidays · Religion and Morality