歪喙雞食好米

Chinese

askew beak; to pant fowl; chicken
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
 good; well; be fond of rice; metre
trad. (歪喙雞食好米/歪喙鷄食好米) 歪 喙 雞/鷄 食 好 米
simp. (歪喙鸡食好米) 歪 喙 鸡 食 好 米
Literally: “crooked beaked chicken eats the good rice”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oai chhùi ke chia̍h hó bí
      • Tâi-lô: uai tshuì ke tsia̍h hó bí
      • Phofsit Daibuun: oay zhuix kef ciah hoir bie
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/
      • IPA (Taipei): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/

Idiom

歪喙雞食好米

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) wanting more than one could reasonably expect given one's status or ability

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