宿宿人買著漏酒甕

Chinese

		(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	man; person; people	buy	particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer	funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge	wine jar
trad. (宿宿人買著漏酒甕)		宿	宿	人	買	著	漏	酒甕
simp. (宿宿人买着漏酒瓮)		宿	宿	人	买	着	漏	酒瓮
Literally: “an intelligent person bought a leaking wine jar”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-sek-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng / sek-sek-lâng-bé-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng / siak-siak-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sek-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng
    • Tâi-lô: sik-sik-lâng-bué-tio̍h-làu-tsiú-àng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekseklangboefdioiqlaociwaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sek-lâng-bé-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng
    • Tâi-lô: sik-sik-lâng-bé-tio̍h-làu-tsiú-àng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekseklangbefdioiqlaociwaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ laŋ¹³⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-siak-lâng-bóe-tio̍h-làu-chiú-àng
    • Tâi-lô: siak-siak-lâng-bué-tio̍h-làu-tsiú-àng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaksiaklangboefdioiqlaociwaxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ aŋ⁴¹/

Idiom

宿宿人買著漏酒甕

1. (Hokkien) nobody is infallible

Synonyms

• 智者千慮必有一失／智者千虑必有一失 (zhìzhě qiān lǜ)
• (Hokkien) 宿宿人買一個漏酒甕／宿宿人买一个漏酒瓮