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Kin svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kin khøef tvaf bøo zuie./Kun svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kun khøef tvaf bøo zuie. 🗣 (u: Kin/Kun svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kin/kun khøef tvaf bøo zuie.) 近山剉無柴，近溪擔無水。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

反諷人佔有優勢反而不知努力 ， 便會造成失敗 。

Løh zuie pvepvee tiim, zoaan bøo taxngthaukhyn./Løh zuie pvipvii tiim, zoaan bøo taxngthaukhyn. 🗣 (u: Løh zuie pvee/pvii'pvee/pvii tiim, zoaan bøo tang'thaau'khyn.) 落水平平沉，全無重頭輕。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

喻兩敗俱傷 ， 誰也沒佔便宜 。

Siorngmia bøo pøf, ciah zuie tøf bøo. 🗣 (u: Sioxng'mia bøo pøf, ciah zuie tøf bøo.) 相命無褒，食水都無。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

勸人要多說好話 。 說明江湖術士的話不可盡信 。

Zuun køex, zuie bøo huun./Zuun køex zuie bøo huun. 🗣 (u: Zuun køex zuie bøo huun.) 船過水無痕。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

用來指一個人的忘恩負義 。

Phornghofng zuykøef thaai bøo baq. 🗣 (u: Phoxng'hofng zuie'køef thaai bøo baq.) 膨風水雞刣無肉。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

譏諷愛吹牛的人 ， 喜歡說大話 ， 一點本事也沒有 。

Tøx tiaux bøo bagzuie. 🗣 (u: Tøx tiaux bøo bak'zuie.) 倒吊無墨水。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

比喻人沒學問 ， 胸無點墨 。

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• (u) zuie bøo = tsui2 bo5 [[DFT]] [[MK]] [[TC]] [[Lim19]] [[IT講]] [[CT]][CT]

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.