家神透外鬼

Chinese

		household deity	to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (家神透外鬼)		家神	透	外	鬼
simp. #(家神透外鬼)		家神	透	外	鬼
Literally: “the household deity disclosing things to devils outside”.

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kâ-sṳ̀n theu ngoi-kúi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ga¹ sen² têu⁴ ngoi⁴ gui³

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-sṳ̀n theu ngoi-kúi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ siinˇ teu ngoi gui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ sin² teu⁴ ngoi⁴ gui³
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴ sɨn¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯i³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ga¹ sen² têu⁴ ngoi⁴ gui³
    • Sinological IPA: /ka⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sən¹¹ tʰeu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋoɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuɪ³¹/

Idiom

家神透外鬼

1. (Hakka) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃裡扒外 (“to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃裡扒外
Mandarin	Beijing	吃裡扒外
	Taiwan	吃裡扒外
	Singapore	吃裡扒外
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食碗面反碗底
	Hong Kong	食碗面反碗底
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家神透外鬼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家神透外鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	食碗內說碗外, 食碗內講碗外
	Quanzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Zhangzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Tainan	食碗內洗碗外, 食碗內說碗外