Hoeh-koāⁿ-chîⁿ
Huih-koāⁿ-chîⁿ
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Tê-tóng-jîn kám-kak gī-oân tham-u, pîn siáⁿ-mi̍h khai in ê hoeh-koāⁿ-chîⁿ.
The Tea Party people think congressmen are corrupt, and have no right to be spending their hard-earned money.
Hoeh-koāⁿ-chîⁿ
Huih-koāⁿ-chîⁿ
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Tê-tóng-jîn kám-kak gī-oân tham-u, pîn siáⁿ-mi̍h khai in ê hoeh-koāⁿ-chîⁿ.
The Tea Party people think congressmen are corrupt, and have no right to be spending their hard-earned money.
Posted in Government, Money, Politics, Work
Copyright 2010 Tân Gī-jîn. Used with author’s permission.
Cartoons do not reflect the views of the blogger or his employer.
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Bîn-chìn-tóng Chhoà chú-se̍k kóng Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok sī liû-bông chèng-hú!
I o͘-pe̍h kóng.
Piàⁿ-sè tâu-hâng ê chèng-hú, ná ū chu-kek kiò chò liû-bông chèng-hú?
Chhoà chú-se̍k kèng-jiân bí-hoá Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok chèng-hú.
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DPP Chairwoman Cai said that the ROC is a government in exile!
Bullshit!
How can a government that is working so hard to surrender be called a government-in-exile?
Chairwoman Cai is actually making the ROC government out to look good.
Posted in Cartoon, Government
Koan koan siong hō͘
Literally: official (or officer) official each other protect
(usually police or law-related)
Posted in Government, Idioms, Law, Work
Copyright 2010 Tân Gī-jîn. Used with author’s permission.
Cartoons do not reflect the views of the blogger or his employer.
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Kín lâi khì oa̍h-tāng tiong-sim.
Ū thiu-chióng sàng kha-ta̍h-chhia…
Hng! Choa̍t-tùi sī ông-lo̍k-á lâi phiàn chng-kha-lâng, thui-siau kē-lō͘ sán-phín chiah ài sàng ka-to sàng bīn-tháng, sàng kha-ta̍h-chhia…
Kín oh! Chèng-hú lâi oa̍h-tāng tiong-sim thui-siau ECFA…
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Come quick to the activity center.
There’s a drawing for winning a bicycle…
Hmph! It must be some itinerant huckster coming to cheat the country-folk, pushing some low quality goods by giving away scissors, washbowls, bicycles…
Quick! The government is at the activity center pushing ECFA…
Posted in Cartoon, Economics, Government
Sî-sò͘
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Lâm-Hân chèng-hú kè-oē ún-chún ka-tiúⁿ hān-chè kiáⁿ-jî phah tiān-tōng-á ê sî-sò͘.
The South Korean government plans to allow parents and guardians to restrict their children’s time playing video games.
Posted in Entertainment, Family, Government
Bîn-peng
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Kun-tūi pí khí-gī ê bîn-peng khah ū cho͘-chit.
The armed forces were more organized than the militia that revolted.
Posted in Government, Military
Khu-he̍k chéng-pèng
區域整併
(e.g. combining Taichung City and Taichung County into one large jurisdiction)
Posted in Government, Politics
Sio the sái sí gû
Literally: “Handing it back and forth drives the cow to death”
Posted in Government, Proverbs, Work
Hui-sòe-khò siu-ji̍p
Châi-chèng kì-lu̍t eng-kai ài ùi cheng-ka hui-sòe-khò siu-ji̍p kap tē-kè-sòe ha̍p-lí-hòa hē-chhiú.
Fiscal discipline has to start with increasing non-tax receipts and rationalizing property taxes.
Posted in Economics, Government, Money