枵雞無惜箠,枵人無惜面皮
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]empty; hollow of a tree | fowl; chicken | flog; whip | empty; hollow of a tree | man; person; people | ||||||
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trad. (枵雞無惜箠,枵人無惜面皮/枵鷄無惜箠,枵人無惜面皮) | 枵 | 雞/鷄 | 無惜 | 箠 | , | 枵 | 人 | 無惜 | 面皮 | |
simp. (枵鸡无惜箠,枵人无惜面皮) | 枵 | 鸡 | 无惜 | 箠 | , | 枵 | 人 | 无惜 | 面皮 | |
alternative forms | 枵雞無惜箠,枵儂無惜面皮/枵鸡无惜棰,枵侬无惜面皮 | |||||||||
Literally: “a hungry chicken does not begrudge the bamboo rod, a hungry person does not begrudge one's sense of shame”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhê, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phê / iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhêr, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phêr / iau-ke-bô-sioh-chhôe, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phôe
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhê, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phê
- Tâi-lô: iau-kue-bô-sioh-tshê, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phê
- IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰe²⁴ iau⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ pʰe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhêr, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phêr
- Tâi-lô: iau-kue-bô-sioh-tshêr, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phêr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ kue³³ bo²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰə²⁴ iau³³ laŋ²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)⁵ bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-ke-bô-sioh-chhôe, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phôe
- Tâi-lô: iau-ke-bô-sioh-tshuê, iau-lâng-bô-sioh-bīn-phuê
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰue¹³ iau⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³ bo¹³⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ pʰue¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
[edit]枵雞無惜箠,枵人無惜面皮
- (Hokkien) when threatened with hunger or cold, a person can do things contrary to propriety, justice, integrity and honor
Synonyms
[edit]- (Hokkien) 枵雞無惜箠,枵人無顧面皮/枵鸡无惜棰,枵人无顾面皮
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