草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路

See also: 草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路

Chinese

		grasshopper; locust; a child who bothers and harasses others	stitch; take; tease stitch; take; tease; lift up (skirt); pull up (sleeve)	rooster; cock		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to search; to look for; to seek	blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac; road to ruin; road to destruction
trad. (草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路/草蜢撩鷄公——自尋死路)		草蜢	撩	雞公/鷄公	——	自	尋	死路
simp. (草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路)		草蜢	撩	鸡公	——	自	寻	死路

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-máng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu / chhó-màng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-máng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` mang` liauˇ gie´ gung´, cii qimˇ xi` lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co<sup>3</sup> mang<sup>3</sup> liau<sup>2</sup> gie<sup>1</sup> gung<sup>1</sup>, ci<sup>4</sup> qim<sup>2</sup> xi<sup>3</sup> lu<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ³¹ li̯au̯¹¹ ki̯e²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰim¹¹ si³¹ lu⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-màng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` mangˇ liauˇ gie´ gung´, cii qimˇ xi` lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ mang² liau² gie¹ gung¹, ci⁴ qim² xi³ lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ¹¹ li̯au̯¹¹ ki̯e²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰim¹¹ si³¹ lu⁵⁵/

Idiom

草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路

1. (Hakka) The grasshopper messing with the rooster; to overestimate one's capabilities; to seek one's demise

See also

• 草蜢弄雞公／草蜢弄鸡公