𣍐曉駛船嫌溪狹

Chinese

to be unable to; to not know how to; to have not learned to to sail a boat; to navigate to dislike; to suspect creek narrow; limited; narrow-minded
trad. (𣍐曉駛船嫌溪狹) 𣍐曉 駛船 嫌 溪 狹
simp. (𫧃晓驶船嫌溪狭) 𫧃晓 驶船 嫌 溪 狭
alternative forms 袂曉駛船嫌溪狹／袂晓驶船嫌溪狭
𣍐曉駛船嫌溪窄／𫧃晓驶船嫌溪窄
Literally: “blame the river for being too narrow when one is unable to sail a boat”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oe̍h
      • Tâi-lô: buē-hiáu sái-tsûn hiâm khue ue̍h
      • Phofsit Daibuun: boexhiao sayzuun hiaam qoef oeh
      • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun²⁴ hiam²⁴⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴ ueʔ⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khe e̍h
      • Tâi-lô: bē-hiáu sái-tsûn hiâm khe e̍h
      • Phofsit Daibuun: bexhiao sayzuun hiaam qef eh
      • IPA (Tainan): /be³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sun²⁴ hiam²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴ eʔ⁴/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun¹³ hiam¹³⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴ eʔ¹²¹/

Idiom

𣍐曉駛船嫌溪狹

  1. (Hokkien) to always blame others upon failure rather than reflecting on oneself; a bad workman always blames his tools

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