清明穀雨，寒死虎母

Chinese

		Qingming	Guyu		cold; poor; to tremble	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	tigress; shrewish woman
trad. (清明穀雨，寒死虎母)		清明	穀雨	，	寒	死	虎母
simp. (清明谷雨，寒死虎母)		清明	谷雨	，	寒	死	虎母
Literally: “Qingming and Guyu makes the tigress die of cold”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-miâ-kok-ú,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bú / chhuiⁿ-miâ-kok-ú,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bú / chheⁿ-miâ-kok-í,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bó / chheng-bêng-kok-ú,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bú

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-miâ-kok-ú,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bú
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-miâ-kok-ú,kuânn-sí-hóo-bú
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² miã²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ u⁵³ kuã²⁴⁻²² si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhuiⁿ-miâ-kok-ú,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bú
    • Tâi-lô: tshuinn-miâ-kok-ú,kuânn-sí-hóo-bú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ³³ miã²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ u⁵⁵⁴ kuã²⁴⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-miâ-kok-í,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bó
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-miâ-kok-í,kuânn-sí-hóo-bó
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² miã¹³⁻²² kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ i⁵³ kuã¹³⁻²² si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-bêng-kok-ú,kôaⁿ-sí-hó͘-bú
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-bîng-kok-ú,kuânn-sí-hóo-bú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ u⁵⁵⁴ kuã²⁴⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/

Idiom

清明穀雨，寒死虎母

1. (Hokkien) the late spring solar terms of Qingming and Guyu are still cold so one must still wear thick clothes to avoid getting sick

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 清明穀雨，寒死老鼠／清明谷雨，寒死老鼠