Common proverbs in Minnan dialect

2017-08-03 15:22 Source: Editor in charge of Quanzhou Today: Xu Jinfeng

1. Iron rooster with four knots and one circle

2. If you don't know, nothing will happen. (It's better to think of less trouble)

3. Enough companionship with human affairs and worldly affairs, no cauldron and no stove. (Yu Renqing and worldly affairs never end)

4. Damu bride looks for no stove. (sneering at what is in front of him, but he can't find it)

5. The big tripod is not rolling, but the small tripod is rolling. (blaming others for rushing to speak)

6. The superior is in charge of the subordinate, and the hoe is in charge of the dustpan. (sneer at each other)

7. No one knows the evil in heart, but the evil in mouth is more serious. (Advise people to be cautious)

8. An unfilial daughter-in-law burns three meals, and has a filial duty to check a child's path. (Yu's daughter-in-law can serve three meals even if she is bad)

9. Immortals sometimes make mistakes when playing drums, and no one has bad feet. (Errors are unavoidable, and should be corrected in time)

10. Parents love their children, and children want their parents to save them sometimes. (It means that parents have been thinking about their children for a long time, but children sometimes think about their parents.)

11. Willing to carry vegetables and sell onions, you are not the best in public. (Yu said that women would rather suffer than share husbands with others)

12. If you have no meat in your buttocks, you should blame others for the raw meat in your feet. (taunts himself for being thin but despises others for being fat)

13. It's better to walk alone than call a pig and a dog. (It's better to ask others than yourself)

14. There is no other kind of butt, so don't take that laxative. (Yu doesn't have that skill. Don't do that kind of thing.)

15. There is no cat in the house, and the mouse is standing on its feet. (The dragons are leaderless and everything is out of order)

16. Surprise the water in seven months and a half, and never surprise the ghost in seven months and a half. (There are frequent floods around the half of July)

17. If you don't think about it for a while, you will suffer until you are old. (One slip of the foot will make a lasting regret)

18. Buddha depends on carrying, and people depend on fitting. (Bodhisattva shows up only by lifting, and looks good only by dressing up)

19. Piglets are greedy for others. (He doesn't eat his own food, but only eats others')

20. Ten mouths and nine feet. (Zuokawa: buttocks) It refers to the incessant chatter and disagreement.

21. No empty seam searching. (It means making trouble from nothing or deliberately creating difficulties.)

22. The mice shared the cat's birthday. (It means that what you do is not sincere.)

23. When you marry someone, you will have good luck. (Marry someone: Marry a wife. It means that a person is in a period of good luck.)

24. People are weak and farting kills chickens. (It means that when people are unlucky, doing anything will bring misfortune again.)

25. One shaving head and one plate ear. (It means that two people are used to do what one person can do.)

26. Ducks float when they fall into the water. (The metaphor will adapt when you are in the scene.)

27. Thin Buffalo Sandan Bone

28. I don't know the price of rice. (It means that people only know how to enjoy happiness but not how to make a living.)

29. Half a bucket of shit will shake. (It means that a person who has little knowledge or is not proficient in martial arts shows his talent by exaggeration)

30. With big feet, wear big shoes. (It means that things should proceed from reality and act according to their abilities.)

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