欲嫁才縛跤

See also: 欲嫁才缚跤

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	marry (a husband)	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	to bind one's feet
trad. (欲嫁才縛跤)		欲	嫁	才	縛跤
simp. (欲嫁才缚跤)		欲	嫁	才	缚跤
alternative forms		要嫁則縛腳／要嫁则缚脚 要嫁才縛腳／要嫁才缚脚
Literally: “to bind one's feet just before one gets married”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh kè chiah pa̍k-kha

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh kè chiah pa̍k-kha
    • Tâi-lô: beh kè tsiah pa̍k-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beq kex ciaq pagqaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ke¹¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pak̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ke²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pak̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ke²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pak̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/

Proverb

欲嫁才縛跤

1. (Hokkien) to fail to make a timely preparation; to do something at the last minute

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臨渴掘井 (“to fail to make a timely preparation and look for a solution at the last minute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臨渴掘井, 臨渴穿井, 臨噎掘井
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臨渴掘井
	Singapore	臨渴掘井
Cantonese	Guangzhou	臨急開坑, 屎急挖糞坑
	Hong Kong	臨渴掘井
	Dongguan	臨急起廁坑
Southern Min	Xiamen	屎緊開礐, 屎緊才開礐, 屎緊才欲開礐, 屎緊才欲開礐，喙焦才欲開井, 欲嫁才縛跤
	Quanzhou	屎緊才欲開礐，喙焦才欲開井
	Zhangzhou	屎緊才欲開礐，喙焦才欲開井