毋食圓也毋啜湯
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Chinese
[edit]| 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 | ||
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| 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
[edit]- 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/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
Idiom
[edit]毋食圓也毋啜湯
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to not buy it; to not accept; to not go along with