| Order |
Pronunciation |
Expression |
Explanations |
When pronounced in Mandarin & Mandarin counterpart(s) |
| 34 |
go4 lang5 wan6 |
顧 人 怨 |
Position or something that easily causes complaints. |
[gu4 ren2 yuan4] “吃力 不 討好。” |
| 47 |
pa4 gun5tao3 |
打 拳頭 |
Practice martial arts. |
[da3 quan2tou2] “習 武術”， “練 功夫。” |
| 59 |
dua6 bha1do4 |
大 腹肚 |
Pregnant. |
[da4 fu4du4] “大腹 便便”， “大 肚子。” |
| 116 |
bhe5yi4 bhe5yi6 |
無意 無意 |
Pretend nothing happened when embarrassed. |
[wu2yi4 wu2yi4] “不 好意思 又 裝成 沒事 的 樣子。” |
| 179 |
do6zai3 to1to4 bhe1 chua6bho4, do6zai3 qim5qim1 bhe1 de1 gim1 |
肚臍 凸凸 要 娶婦，肚臍 深深 要 置 金 |
Protruding navel wants to marry a wife; deep navel wants to stash gold. Another poem-like rhyming stuff invented for kids. |
[du4qi2 tu1tu1 yao4 qu3fu4, du4qi2 shen1shen1 yao4 zhi4 jin1] |
| 56 |
wan5ge1 |
冤家 |
Quarrel. |
[yuan1jia1] “吵架。” |
| 57 |
hu4 si4 lao5 pue3 lang3 lao3 mia3 |
虎 死 留 皮 人 留 名 |
Quotation from the long poem "Kuan4 She4 Bhun3 [勸世文] (Advice to the World)" by Lu4 Liu1xian1 [呂 柳仙] (Lv3 the Willow Fairy.) When a tiger dies, its pelt remains; when a person dies, his fame remains. |
[hu3 si3 liu2 pi2 ren2 liu2 ming2] |
| 122 |
ang5bao1 |
紅包 |
Red envelope. People put their gift money in a red envelope to give to the host when there is a celebration, such as a birthday party, New Year's Eve party, and other similar occasions. It can also be given to members of the immediate family. |
[hong2bao1] |
| 52 |
ang5 Guai5gong1 be6 Lao5bi5 o5 Di5hui1 zao1 ki4 bhi5 |
紅 關公 白 劉備 黑 張飛 走 去 避 |
Red Guang5gong1, white Lao5bi5, and black Di5hui1 have all gone and hid themselves. Actually a riddle to name a bun. When there is a festival in Taiwan, you will see this kind of buns. The skin is red, and under the skin is white bread, with bean stuffing that has been cooked and made into a black paste. And again, there are two styles: the leavened-bread style and the unleavened-bread style. The leavened-bread style resembles the western style bread and comes in only one flavor; the unleavened-bread style is more traditional and the buns are often stamped to resemble a turtle and often come in different flavors. By the way, the traditional way of making bread is to steam, not to bake. |
[hong2 Guang1gong1 bai2 Liu2bei4 hei1 Zhang1fei1 zou3 qu4 bi4] “紅龜”， “紅龜糕。” |
| 96 |
bhi1jiu1 tao2 a4 |
米酒 頭子 |
Rice whisky. |
[mi3jiu3 tou2zi0] “米酒。” |