Put up Christmas decorations, decorate for Christmas

Pò·-tì Sèng-tàn-chiat

A prophet is without honor only in his hometown

Sian-ti tī ka-kī ê kò͘-hiong bē siū lâng hoan-gêng

Sacrificial lamb, scapegoat

Thè-sí-kúi / thòe-sí-kúi

Literally: “ghost who dies in place of (someone or something).”

Related entry here.

Hypocritical behavior (especially by a religious figure or other do-gooder)

Chhùi liām keng, chhiú bong leng.

Literally: The mouth recites sutras, (while) the hand gropes a breast.

The Dalai Lama

Copyright 2009 Tân Gī-jîn. Used with author’s permission.

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Hng! Ta̍t-lāi lâi Tâi-ôan chhòng siáⁿ óaⁿ-ko? Kin-pún chiū sī chèng-tī hê-siūⁿ!

Tio̍h! Kin-pún chiū sī chèng-tī hê-siūⁿ!

Kôing-tiāu chû-pi, ài-sim, khoan-iông, gôan-liōng, kài-tî tham-io̍k òan-hīn téng-téng, lóng ē tōa-tōa éng-hióng chèng-tī chú-tiuⁿ kap hêng-tōng.

Tiōng-tiám sī … lí ài Ta̍t-lāi-sek ê chèng-tī? Á-sī Tiong-kiōng-sek ê chèng-tī?

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Hmph! What the heck did the Dalai Lama come to Taiwan for? Basically, he’s a political monk!

Right! Basically he is a political monk.

Emphasizing charity, love, tolerance, forgiveness, the rooting out of corruption and hatred, et cetera, can all greatly influence political demands and activities.

The point is…
do you prefer Dalai Lama-style politics? Or PRC-style politics?

Pornographic website

n̂g-sek ê bāng-chām

Literally: yellow website

Your reputation is all you have

 Hó͘· sí lâu phôe, lâng sí lâu miâ

Literally: when a tiger dies it leaves behind its hide, when a man dies he leaves behind his name.

Interrelated

Hō·-siōng ū koan-hē

Monkey see, monkey do

Tōa káu peh chhiûⁿ, sè káu khòaⁿ iūⁿ.

(“The big dog climbs the wall, the small dog does the same.”)

Also: Khòaⁿ iūⁿ o̍h8 iūⁿ.

Not eat something, have a dietary restriction͘

Kìm-chhùi

I chin hó chhùi-táu, lóng bô kìm-chhùi.

She’s got a good appetite, and will eat anything.