石目鐵鼻
Chinese
[edit]| rock; stone; 10 pecks | eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
iron | nose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (石目鐵鼻) | 石 | 目 | 鐵 | 鼻 | |
| simp. (石目铁鼻) | 石 | 目 | 铁 | 鼻 | |
| Literally: “stone eyes and iron nose”. | |||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-ba̍k-thih-phīⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-ba̍k-thih-phīnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqbagtihphvi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pʰĩ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
Idiom
[edit]石目鐵鼻
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) unable to easily shed tears (of someone)