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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#]

為謀求一餐溫飽 ， 情願做牛做馬 ， 也不怕沒工作 。

Khngx laang zøx hør tai, khah'viaa ciah zafzay./Khngx laang zøex hør tai, khah'viaa ciah zafzay. 🗣 (u: Khngx laang zøx/zøex hør tai, khaq'viaa ciah zar'zay.) 勸人做好代，較贏食早齋。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

強調積功德要重實質而輕形式 。 也有諷刺嘴巴吃齋卻心無善念的人的意思 。

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#]

比喻敢做敢當 。

Laang teq zøx, thvy teq khvoax./Laang teq zøex, thvy teq khvoax. 🗣 (u: Laang teq zøx/zøex, thvy teq khvoax.) 人咧做，天咧看。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

比喻天理昭昭 ， 報應不爽 。

Liawcvii senglie bøo laang zøx, thaithaau senglie u laang zøx./Liawcvii senglie bøo laang zøex, thaithaau senglie u laang zøex. 🗣 (u: Liao'cvii sefng'lie bøo laang zøx/zøex, thaai'thaau sefng'lie u laang zøx/zøex.) 了錢生理無人做，刣頭生理有人做。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

形容商人為了賺錢而不擇手段 。

øq zøx/øq zøex 🗣 (u: øq zøx/zøex) 僫做 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

難做 。

Paktor zøx iøqtuu./Paktor zøex iøqtuu. 🗣 (u: Pag'tor zøx/zøex iøh'tuu.) 腹肚做藥櫥。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

比喻久病常服藥 。

Pvee terng zøx kaq laukvoa, pvee khaf hiaam kaq launoa./Pvii terng zøex kaq laukvoa, pvii khaf hiaam kaq launoa. 🗣 (u: Pvee/Pvii terng zøx/zøex kaq laau'kvoa, pvee/pvii khaf hiaam kaq laau'noa.) 棚頂做甲流汗，棚跤嫌甲流瀾。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

比喻不了解當事人的辛苦而任意批評 。

Tngxcviuo za'pof zøx sviuokafng, tngxcviuo za'bor ciwkhangpaang./Tngxcviuo za'pof zøex sviuokafng, tngxcviuo za'bor ciwkhangpaang. 🗣 (u: Tng'cviuo zaf'pof zøx/zøex sviux'kafng, tng'cviuo zaf'bor ciuo'khafng'paang.) 斷掌查埔做相公，斷掌查某守空房。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

女子斷掌 ， 表個性強會剋先生 ； 男子斷掌 ， 有大志可以做相公 。

Zhaothauar ma øe zøx hongtex, zøx zofngthorng lie ma u ki'hoe./Zhaothauar ma øe zøex hongtex, zøex zofngthorng lie ma u ki'hoe. 🗣 (u: Zhaux'thaau'ar ma øe zøx/zøex hoong'tex, zøx/zøex zorng'thorng lie ma u ky'hoe.) 臭頭仔嘛會做皇帝，做總統你嘛有機會。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

英雄不怕出身低 ， 只要肯奮鬥 ， 都可能有出頭天的機會 。

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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.