Category Archives: Government

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.

Government-in-exile

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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.

One hand washes the other; close ranks; professional courtesy

Koan koan siong hō͘

Literally: official (or officer) official each other protect

(usually police or law-related)

Selling ECFA to the people

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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…

Time (spent doing something)

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.

Militia

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.

Value-added tax

Cheng-ta̍t-soè / cheng-ta̍t-sè

Regional consolidation

Khu-he̍k chéng-pèng

區域整併

(e.g. combining Taichung City and Taichung County into one large jurisdiction)

Pass the buck; pass responsibility for something back and forth

Sio the sái sí gû

Literally:  “Handing it back and forth drives the cow to death”

Non-tax revenue

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.