大船惡起碇

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	a boat; vessel; ship	difficult	to weigh anchor
trad. (大船惡起碇)		大	船	惡	起碇
simp. (大船恶起碇)		大	船	恶	起碇
alternative forms		大船僫起碇／大船𱏀起碇
Literally: “a big ship has a difficult time weighing anchor”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chûn oh khí-tiàⁿ / tōa-chûn oh khí-tiāⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chûn oh khí-tiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsûn oh khí-tiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzuun oiq qy'dviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sun²⁴ o(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiã²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sun¹³ o(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sun²⁴ o(ʔ)⁵ kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chûn oh khí-tiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsûn oh khí-tiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzuun oiq qy'dvia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sun²⁴ o(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiã²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sun¹³ o(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiã²²/

Idiom

大船惡起碇

1. (Hokkien) bigger things or people take a longer time and have a more difficult time moving or changing