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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。」)
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