天落紅雨，馬生角

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	rain		horse; surname	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
trad. (天落紅雨，馬生角)		天	落	紅	雨	，	馬	生	角
simp. (天落红雨，马生角)		天	落	红	雨	，	马	生	角
Literally: “When it rains red and horses grow horns”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiⁿ lo̍h âng-hō͘, bé seⁿ kak / thiⁿ lo̍h âng-hō͘, bé siⁿ kak

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ lo̍h âng-hō͘, bé seⁿ kak
    • Tâi-lô: thinn lo̍h âng-hōo, bé senn kak
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ aŋ²³⁻³³ hɔ³³ be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ lo̍h âng-hō͘, bé siⁿ kak
    • Tâi-lô: thinn lo̍h âng-hōo, bé sinn kak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ aŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔ²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²/

Idiom

天落紅雨，馬生角

1. (Hokkien) when pigs fly

Synonyms

• 天落紅雨，馬發角／天落红雨，马发角