手曲屈入無屈出
Chinese
| elbow | bent; feel wronged | to enter | not have | bent; feel wronged | to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) | ||
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| trad. (手曲屈入無屈出) | 手曲 | 屈 | 入 | 無 | 屈 | 出 | |
| simp. (手曲屈入无屈出) | 手曲 | 屈 | 入 | 无 | 屈 | 出 | |
| alternative forms | 手蹺屈入無屈出／手跷屈入无屈出 | ||||||
| Literally: “elbows bend inward and not outward”. | |||||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-khiau khut-li̍p bô khut-chhut / chhiú-khiau khut-ji̍p bô khut-chhut
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-khiau khut-li̍p bô khut-chhut
- Tâi-lô: tshiú-khiau khut-li̍p bô khut-tshut
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'qiaw qutlip booi qutzhud
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ lip̚⁴⁻³² bo²⁴⁻²² kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰut̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-khiau khut-ji̍p bô khut-chhut
- Tâi-lô: tshiú-khiau khut-ji̍p bô khut-tshut
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiw'qiaw qutjip booi qutzhud
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ zip̚⁴⁻³² bɤ²³⁻³³ kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰut̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
手曲屈入無屈出