自家脧仔歪，嫌人尿桶漏

Chinese

		oneself		askew		to dislike; to suspect	man; person; people	night soil or manure bucket	funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
trad. (自家脧仔歪，嫌人尿桶漏)		自家	脧仔	歪	，	嫌	人	尿桶	漏
simp. #(自家脧仔歪，嫌人尿桶漏)		自家	脧仔	歪	，	嫌	人	尿桶	漏
Literally: “to blame the toilet for leaking while one has a crooked penis”.

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-kâ chôi-é vâi, hiàm-ngìn ngiau-thúng-leu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ci⁴ ga¹ zoi¹ ê³ vai¹, hiam² ngin² ngiau⁴ tung³ lêu⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-kâ chôi-é vâi, hiàm-ngìn ngiau-thúng-leu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii ga^ˊ zoi^ˊ e^ˋ vai^ˊ, hiam^ˇ ngin^ˇ ngiau tung^ˋ leu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ ga¹ zoi¹ e³ vai¹, hiam² ngin² ngiau⁴ tung³ leu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡soi̯²⁴ e³¹ vai̯²⁴ hi̯am¹¹ ŋin¹¹ ŋi̯au̯⁵⁵ tʰuŋ³¹ leu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ci⁴ ga¹ zoi¹ ê³ vai¹, hiam² ngin² ngiau⁴ tung³ lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁵³ ka⁴⁴ t͡soɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ e³¹ ʋaɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiam¹¹ ŋin¹¹ ŋiau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³¹ leu⁵³/

Idiom

自家脧仔歪，嫌人尿桶漏

1. (Hakka, mildly vulgar) a man always finds excuses upon failure rather than reflecting on himself; a bad workman always blames his tools

Synonyms

• 屙屎毋出怨豬嫲 / 屙屎毋出怨猪嫲; 毋會睡目嫌床歪 / 毋会睡目嫌床歪
• (Mandarin) 尿不準怪馬桶歪 / 尿不准怪马桶歪
• (Cantonese) 屙屎唔出賴地硬 / 屙屎唔出赖地硬 (o¹ si² m⁴ ceot¹ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶)
• (Min Nan) 𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎 / 𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯 (bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oan)