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Siø'huii`ee ciah khiq, citchiøh`ee khuxn ie. 🗣 (u: Siøf'huii`ee ciah khiq, cid'chiøh`ee khuxn ie.) 燒瓷的食缺，織蓆的睏椅。 [wt][mo] Sio-huî--ê tsia̍h khih, tsit-tshio̍h--ê khùn í. [#]

1. () || 燒製瓷器的人，自己用有缺口的碗吃飯；織草蓆的人，捨不得拿草蓆來睡，反而在椅子上睡覺。比喻人為了賺錢或節儉，捨不得用自己製造的好產品，或者故意使用較無市場價值的瑕疵品。

🗣le: Zexng soaxn'thaau ee zøq'sid'laang lorng kerng khaq suie`ee theh'khix be, laau cit'koar por`khix`ee kaf'ki ciah, bok'koaix laang korng, “Siøf'huii`ee ciah khiq, cid'chiøh`ee khuxn ie.” (種蒜頭的作穡人攏揀較媠的提去賣，留一寡脯去的家己食，莫怪人講：「燒瓷的食缺，織蓆的睏椅。」) (蒜農都挑比較漂亮的拿去賣，留一些乾癟的自己吃，難怪人家說「燒瓷的自己用有缺口的碗，織草蓆的在椅子上睡覺。」)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

huii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huii [[...]][i#] [p.]

crockery, porcelain, chinaware, earthenware

瓷器

• siø'huii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'huii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make pottery
  燒瓷器

• siø'huii`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'huii`ee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  potter
  陶匠

• Siø'huii`ee ciah khiq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Siøf'huii`ee ciah khiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The best produces are for export. (A potter eats with a chipped rice bowl.)
  陶匠用破碗。

khiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiq; (khoad) [[...]][i#] [p.]

chip nick or flaw (as in the edge of a pottery or knife, a notch

缺,缺口

• Te'aw khiq cit khiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tee'aw khiq cit khiq; (Tee'aw u cit khiq) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The edge of the tea-cup is chipped.
  茶杯破了一個缺口。

• Siø'huii`ee ciah khiq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Siøf'huii`ee ciah khiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A potter uses for his own table those bowls that have flaws.
  陶匠用破碗(自己用劣貨)。

siø'huii`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'huii`ee [[...]][i#] [p.]

pottery maker, potter

陶匠

• Siø'huii`ee ciah khiq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Siøf'huii`ee ciah khiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A potter eats with a chipped rice bowl. (and sells the good ones) The man in charge takes the worst part.
  陶匠用破碗,好的留著賣

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