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食飯三碗公,作穡閃西風

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Chinese

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to eat cooked rice; to eat three very big bowl; bowl to farm; to work flash; lightning westerly; autumn wind
trad. (食飯三碗公,作穡閃西風) 食飯 碗公 作穡 西風
simp. (食饭三碗公,作穑闪西风) 食饭 碗公 作穑 西风
Literally: “consume three bowls of rice when eating, but run away as fast as westerly when (asked to) farm”.

Pronunciation

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  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-pn̄g saⁿ óaⁿ-kang, choh-sit siám sai-hoang
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-pn̄g sann uánn-kang, tsoh-sit siám sai-huang
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pŋ̍²² sã⁴⁴⁻²² uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴ t͡so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sit̚³² siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴⁴⁻²² huaŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

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食飯三碗公,作穡閃西風

  1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to be averse to work; to be piggish

Synonyms

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