得失土地公，飼無雞

Chinese

		to offend	Tudigong		to raise; to rear; to feed	not have	fowl; chicken
trad. (得失土地公，飼無雞/得失土地公，飼無鷄)		得失	土地公	，	飼	無	雞/鷄
simp. (得失土地公，饲无鸡)		得失	土地公	，	饲	无	鸡
Literally: “to offend Tudigong and be unable to feed one's chickens”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-sit Thó͘-tī-kong, chhī-bô-ke / tek-sit Thó͘-tī-kong, chhī-bô-koe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-sit Thó͘-tī-kong, chhī-bô-ke
    • Tâi-lô: tik-sit Thóo-tī-kong, tshī-bô-ke
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴ t͡sʰi³³⁻²¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-sit Thó͘-tī-kong, chhī-bô-koe
    • Tâi-lô: tik-sit Thóo-tī-kong, tshī-bô-kue
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴ t͡sʰi³³⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴/

Idiom

得失土地公，飼無雞

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) one must not offend the local leader or person in charge in a certain line of business, or else one will be unable to continue doing business there