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Htb (cache) (4)

gaxmkao siaosviu tikvoakud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gam'kao siaux'sviu ty/tii'kvoaf/kvoaa'kud [[...]] [p.]

hope against hope; a prize beyond one's reach; unattainable goal (Lit. A stupid dog thinks about pig liver bones.)

癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉; 憨狗哨想豬肝骨

phaq bor tikawguu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq bor ty/tii'kao'guu [[...]] [p.]

man beat his wife be like a beast

打老婆者如禽獸

tikao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty/tii'kao [[...]] [p.]

tikao-khimsiux^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty/tii'kao-khym/khiim'siux [[...]] [p.]

birds and beasts; bestial person

禽獸 (罵人不如禽獸)

DFT (6)

Kax ty kax kao, putjuu ka'ki zao. 🗣 (u: Kax ty kax kao, pud'juu kaf'ki zao.) 教豬教狗，不如家己走。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

比喻求人不如求己 。

Khngx lirn iwhaux chienban kux, bøexhiao iwhaux ty kao guu. 🗣 (u: Khngx lirn iuo'haux chiefn'ban kux, bøe'hiao iuo'haux ty kao guu.) 勸恁有孝千萬句，袂曉有孝豬狗牛。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

奉勸人孝順父母 ， 否則連畜牲都不如 。

Kviaf bor taixtioxnghw, phaq bor ty kao guu. 🗣 (u: Kviaf bor tai'tiong'hw, phaq bor ty kao guu.) 驚某大丈夫，拍某豬狗牛。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

規勸丈夫要好好疼惜自己的老婆 ， 不可動粗 。

Tisiu mxtat kawsiu urn. 🗣 (u: Ty'siu m'tat kao'siu urn.) 豬岫毋值狗岫穩。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩 ！ 還是自己的家好 。

Ty m toa, toa tuix kao khix. 🗣 (u: Ty m toa, toa tuix kao khix.) 豬毋大，大對狗去。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

比喻事與願違 。

ty-kao-zengsvef/ty-kao-zengsvy 🗣 (u: ty-kao-zefng'svef/svy) 豬狗精牲 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

畜牲 。 原義是泛指家禽家畜 ， 但後來大多用來比喻卑鄙無恥的人 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association.

• 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), and Maryknoll (2001).

• 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.