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Kamgoan zøx guu, m kviaf bøo lee thafng thoaf./Kamgoan zøex guu, m kviaf bøo lee thafng thoaf. 🗣 (u: Kafm'goan zøx/zøex guu, m kviaf bøo lee thafng thoaf.) 甘願做牛，毋驚無犁通拖。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

情願當牛 ， 就不怕沒犁可拉 。 意即為謀求一餐溫飽 ， 只要願意放下身段 ， 努力工作 ， 不怕沒有機會 。 也常說成反話 ， 用來告誡子女 ， 不努力讀書 ， 將來只能靠體力工作謀生 。

Jiar hiim jiar hor, mxthafng jiaftiøh chiahza'bor. 🗣 (u: Jiar hiim jiar hor, m'thafng jiar'tiøh chiaq'zaf'bor.) 惹熊惹虎，毋通惹著刺查某。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

招惹熊招惹虎 ， 別招惹凶悍的女人 。 比喻悍婦得罪不得 。

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 。

Kvar zøx pu'hiaf, tø mxthafng kviaf zuie thngx./Kvar zøex pu'hiaf, tø mxthafng kviaf zuie thngx. 🗣 (u: Kvar zøx/zøex puu'hiaf, tø m'thafng kviaf zuie thngx.) 敢做匏桸，就毋通驚水燙。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

既然做了瓠瓜勺子 ， 就不能怕被滾水燙 。 意指既然承擔了責任就要敢做敢當 ， 不要畏首畏尾 ， 也用來自我表示負責到底的意思 。

mxthafng 🗣 (u: m'thafng) 毋通 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

不可以 、 不要 。 是一種語氣較委婉的勸說或請求 。

Poetøea mxthafng chi kimhii. 🗣 (u: Poef'tøea m'thafng chi kym'hii.) 杯底毋通飼金魚。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

杯裡不要留下可供放養金魚的酒 。 暗示人把杯裡的酒喝乾之意 。

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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.