毋食圓也毋啜湯

Chinese

		no; not	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	circle; round; circular circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan); tactful; to justify	also; too	no; not	drink; taste; sip drink; taste; sip; suck	soup; hot water
trad. (毋食圓也毋啜湯)		毋	食	圓	也	毋	啜	湯
simp. (毋食圆也毋啜汤)		毋	食	圆	也	毋	啜	汤
Literally: “to not eat glutinous rice balls and to not even drink soup”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): m̄-chia̍h-îⁿ-iā-m̄-chheh-thn̄g

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-chia̍h-îⁿ-iā-m̄-chheh-thn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: m̄-tsia̍h-înn-iā-m̄-tsheh-thn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mxciaq'vi'iaxmxzheht'ng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ĩ¹³⁻²² ia²²⁻²¹ m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰŋ̍²²/

Idiom

毋食圓也毋啜湯

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to not buy it; to not accept; to not go along with

Synonyms

• 不買帳／不买帐 (bùmǎizhàng)