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DFT (2)

🗣 barn-koef chiuu-tiin 🗣 (u: barn-koef chiuu-tiin ⬆︎ ) 挽瓜揫藤 [wt][mo][[MK]] bán-kue-tshiû-tîn [#]

1. (Exp) || 順藤摸瓜、追根究柢。依循線索澈底探查事情。

🗣le: (u: Kiarm'hofng barn'koef'chiuu'tiin, ka sor'u ee hiaam'hoan lorng zafng`tiøh, ciaq zøx'cit'khuxn zorng ka yn khie'sox.) 🗣 (檢方挽瓜揫藤，共所有的嫌犯攏㨑著，才做一睏總共𪜶起訴。) (檢方抽絲剝繭，將所有的嫌犯都逮到，才一口氣把他們全部起訴。)

🗣 Bøexzeeng øh kviaa sefng øh pøef, bøexzeeng iaxzerng sviu barn koef. 🗣 (u: Boe'zeeng øh kviaa sefng øh poef, boe'zeeng ia'zerng sviu barn koef. Bøe'zeeng øh kviaa sefng øh pøef, bøe'zeeng ia'zerng sviu barn koef. ⬆︎ ) 未曾學行先學飛，未曾掖種想挽瓜。 [wt][mo][[MK]] Buē-tsîng o̍h kiânn sing o̍h pue, buē-tsîng iā-tsíng siūnn bán kue. [#]

1. () || 還不會走路就想學飛，尚未播種竟妄想收成瓜果。指人要循序漸進的學習與按步就班的耕作才會有所收穫，絕無一步登天或不勞而獲的道理。

🗣le: (u: Zøx ban'hang tai'cix lorng aix khaf'tah'sit'te, ciaux'khie'kafng cit po cit po laai, m'thafng “boe'zeeng øh kviaa sefng øh poef, boe'zeeng ia'zerng sviu barn koef”, arn'nef ciaq e seeng'kofng.) 🗣 (做萬項代誌攏愛跤踏實地，照起工一步一步來，毋通「未曾學行先學飛，未曾掖種想挽瓜」，按呢才會成功。) (做任何事情都要腳踏實地，按部就班的依序漸進，不可妄想「一步登天或不勞而獲」，這樣才會成功。)
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DFT_lk (2)

🗣u: barn'koef'chiuu'tiin ⬆︎ 挽瓜揫藤 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.] [d#]: 順藤採瓜。比喻在一件複雜的事情中理出頭緒，探究真相。
🗣u: Kiarm'hofng barn'koef'chiuu'tiin, ka sor'u ee hiaam'hoan lorng zafng`tiøh, ciaq zøx'cit'khuxn zorng ka yn khie'sox. ⬆︎ 檢方挽瓜揫藤，共所有的嫌犯攏㨑著，才做一睏總共𪜶起訴。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.] [d#]: 檢方抽絲剝繭，將所有的嫌犯都逮到，才一口氣把他們全部起訴。

Maryknoll (4)

bafnkoef chiutiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barn'koef chiuu'tiin ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

trace the vine and get a melon, get a clue and follow it up step by step, so as to learn the truth of a matter

摘瓜抽藤;追根究底

chiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuu ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

pull toward us with a rope, haul in using alternate hands (hand over hand)

拉曳,追溯

baxnban chiuu zhutlaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'ban chiuu zhud'laai. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
draw out a something like a secret gradually
慢慢的盤問出來。

bafnkoef chiutiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barn'koef chiuu'tiin ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
get at the truth step by step, often by round about way (Lit. To get a melon you have to haul in the vine.)
抽籐摘瓜,抽絲剝繭

Embree (1)

u: barn'koef chiuu'tiin ⬆︎ 挽瓜揫藤 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.9]: sph : trace a clue until one learns the truth of a matter; 追問到底

Lim08 (1)

u: barn'koef chiuu'tiin ⬆︎ 挽瓜揪藤 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.552] [p.552] [#FHL][#CT]: 對tai7 - chi3追究到底。 <>

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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)
Maryknoll: 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)
Lim08: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten (TDJ)) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2008. We make updates and corrections, and refer to Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢2019 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of TDJ) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019.
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.