燒瓷的食缺，織蓆的睏椅
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[edit]really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of |
to weave straw mats | really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of |
sleepy; doze off | chair | ||||
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| trad. (燒瓷的食缺，織蓆的睏椅) | 燒瓷 | 的 | 食 | 缺 | ， | 織蓆 | 的 | 睏 | 椅 | |
| simp. (烧瓷的食缺，织席的困椅) | 烧瓷 | 的 | 食 | 缺 | ， | 织席 | 的 | 困 | 椅 | |
| Literally: “Potters eat out of chipped [bowls]; mat weavers sleep on chairs.” | ||||||||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sio-hûi--ê chia̍h khih, chit-chhio̍h--ê khùn í
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hûi--ê chia̍h khih, chit-chhio̍h--ê khùn í
- Tâi-lô: sio-huî--ê tsia̍h khih, tsit-tshio̍h--ê khùn í
- (Hokkien)
Proverb
[edit]燒瓷的食缺，織蓆的睏椅
- (Hokkien, figurative) one often neglects those closest to oneself; the shoemaker's children go barefoot
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “台灣諺語-燒瓷的食缺 織蓆的睏椅”, in Chinese Television System News[1], 2012 May 4, retrieved 30 May 2024
- “Entry #27195”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.