大牛惜力
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
ox; cow; bull | to be sparing of one's energy; to not do one's best; to be slack | ||
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| simp. and trad. (大牛惜力) |
大 | 牛 | 惜力 | |
| Literally: “big cow sparing one's energy”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-gû-sioh-la̍t
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-gû-sioh-la̍t
- Tâi-lô: tuā-gû-sioh-la̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: doaxgusioihlat
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² ɡu²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)⁵ lat̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ ɡu¹³⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lat̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ ɡu²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Idiom
大牛惜力