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🗣 Phvae koef kauxcie, phvaylaang kau giengie./Phvae koef kauxcie, phvaylaang kau gienguo. 🗣 (u: Phvae koef kau'cie, phvae'laang kau gieen'gie/guo.) 歹瓜厚子，歹人厚言語。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

壞瓜籽多 ， 壞人話多 。 用來諷刺多話或是善於搬弄是非的人 。

🗣 phvaylaang 🗣 (u: phvae'laang) 歹人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

壞人 、 惡人 、 歹徒 。 品性 、 行為不良的人 。

🗣 phvaymiaxlaang 🗣 (u: phvae'mia'laang) 歹命人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

命運坎坷的人 。

🗣 Sw laang m sw tin, sw tin phvaykhvoax bin. 🗣 (u: Sw laang m sw tin, sw tin phvae'khvoax bin.) 輸人毋輸陣，輸陣歹看面。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

個人與他人比賽可以輸 ， 但團體比賽不能落在最後面 ； 參加團體賽若輸了 ， 大家面子也掛不住 。 一般用來提振團體士氣 ， 鼓勵人奮勇向前 ， 勿落人後 。

🗣 Sym phvae bøo laang zay, zhuix phvae siong lixhai. 🗣 (u: Sym phvae bøo laang zay, zhuix phvae siong li'hai.) 心歹無人知，喙歹上厲害。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

心地不好沒人知道 ， 口出惡言最嚴重 。 重點在後句 ， 告誡人要謹言慎行 。

🗣 Zørtiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoaxtiøh phvae bor cidsielaang./Zøeatiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoaxtiøh phvae bor cidsielaang. 🗣 (u: Zøx'tiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoa'tiøh phvae bor cit'six'laang. Zøx/Zøex'tiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoa'tiøh phvae bor cit'six'laang.) 做著歹田望下冬，娶著歹某一世人。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

種到收成不佳的田 ， 可以期待下一個採收季 ； 娶到惡妻可要受苦一輩子 。 勸人婚姻大事非兒戲 ， 擇偶要非常謹慎 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.