會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙

Chinese

to know; to understand to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to steal and eat the food to be unable to; to not know how to; to have not learned to to wipe one's mouth; to obliterate; to destroy
trad. (會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙) 會曉 偷食 ， 𣍐曉 拭喙
simp. (会晓偷食，𫧃晓拭喙) 会晓 偷食 ， 𫧃晓 拭喙
Literally: “to know how to eat on the sly, but not know how to wipe one's mouth”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bōe-hiáu chhit-chhùi / ě-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bǒe-hiáu chhit-chhùi / ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bē-hiáu chhit-chhùi
  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bōe-hiáu chhit-chhùi
      • Tâi-lô: ē-hiáu thau-tsia̍h, buē-hiáu tshit-tshuì
      • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴ bue³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/
      • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ⁴ bue²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bǒe-hiáu chhit-chhùi
      • Tâi-lô: ě-hiáu thau-tsia̍h, buě-hiáu tshit-tshuì
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau³³ t͡siaʔ²⁴ bue²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bē-hiáu chhit-chhùi
      • Tâi-lô: ē-hiáu thau-tsia̍h, bē-hiáu tshit-tshuì
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ¹²¹ be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰui²¹/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴ be³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/

Idiom

會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙

  1. (Hokkien) to do something bad and not know how to destroy evidence and deal with the aftermath
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