天落紅雨，馬生角

Chinese

day; sky; heaven to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
red; revolutionary; prosperity
red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
 
 rain horse; surname
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
horn; angle; role
horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note
 
trad. (天落紅雨，馬生角) 天 落 紅 雨 ， 馬 生 角
simp. (天落红雨，马生角) 天 落 红 雨 ， 马 生 角
Literally: “When it rains red and horses grow horns”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ lo̍h âng-hō͘, bé seⁿ kak
      • Tâi-lô: thinn lo̍h âng-hōo, bé senn kak
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ aŋ²³⁻³³ hɔ³³ be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²/
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiⁿ lo̍h âng-hō͘, bé siⁿ kak
      • Tâi-lô: thinn lo̍h âng-hōo, bé sinn kak
      • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ aŋ²⁴⁻²² hɔ²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²/

Idiom

天落紅雨，馬生角

  1. (Hokkien) when pigs fly

Synonyms

  • 天落紅雨，馬發角／天落红雨，马发角
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