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Ciah laang cidkyn, iaxtiøh heeng laang 4-niuo./Ciah laang cit kyn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo./Ciah laang cit kwn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo. 🗣 (u: Ciah laang cit kyn/kwn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo.) 食人一斤，也著還人四兩。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

吃了他人一斤的糧食 ， 最少得還人家四兩 。 指受人恩惠 ， 縱然自己很困苦 ， 多少總要擠一點出來報答別人 。 比喻知恩圖報 。 進一步引申 ， 告誡世人不要隨便收受他人饋贈 ， 拿人家的都要奉還 ， 天下沒有白吃的午餐 。

Ciah laang cit khao, pøx laang cit tao. 🗣 (u: Ciah laang cit khao, pøx laang cit tao.) 食人一口，報人一斗。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

吃人一口 ， 要回報一斗 。 意為受人恩惠時要感恩圖報 ， 並加倍奉還 。

Ciah laang thaau zefng ciuo, korng laang thaau kux oe. 🗣 (u: Ciah laang thaau zefng ciuo, korng laang thaau kux oe.) 食人頭鍾酒，講人頭句話。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

喝第一杯酒 ， 講第一句話 。 主人通常會請宴席上的長者或貴賓第一個講話 ， 講話者常用此句作為開場白表示僭越 、 自謙之意 。

ciah`laang 🗣 (u: ciah`laang) 食人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

吃人 。 指剝削 、 壓迫別人 ， 占人家便宜 。

Khngx laang zøx hør tai, khah'viaa ciah zafzay./Khngx laang zøex hør tai, khah'viaa ciah zafzay. 🗣 (u: Khngx laang zøx/zøex hør tai, khaq'viaa ciah zar'zay.) 勸人做好代，較贏食早齋。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

勸人為善勝過早上吃素 。 說明行善比獨善其身重要 。

Khvoax laang ciah baq, mxthafng khvoax laang siøphaq./Khvoax laang ciah baq, mxthafng khvoax laang svaphaq. 🗣 (u: Khvoax laang ciah baq, m'thafng khvoax laang siøf/svaf'phaq.) 看人食肉，毋通看人相拍。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

寧可看人吃肉 ， 也不要看人打架 。 誡人遠離是非之地 ， 以免遭受池魚之殃 。

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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.