Category Archives: J

Fluorescent Lightbulb (the long kind)

Ji̍t8-kong teng-kóng

M̄ jīn-su lâng

Posted in J

Kok-ka jīn-tông

Kok-bîn bûn-ha̍k sī hêng-sêng kok-ka jīn-tông ê koan-kìan chi-it.

A national literature is one of the keys to establishing a national identity.

Posted in J, K, Politics

Jī-bīn-siōng ê ì-sù

Places in the country are more hospitable.

Life’s like that, sh*t happens

Jîn-seng hái-hái, bían kè-kàu lah!

That just the way it is…don’t get so uptight about it.

(Fang, Nan-qiang. Yaqi Jiang Taiyu: Diyi Ji. Taipei County Xindian City: Kaituo, 1997. P. 111)

Posted in J, Proverbs