| Order |
Pronunciation |
Expression |
Explanations |
When pronounced in Mandarin & Mandarin counterpart(s) |
| 68 |
hao6diu84 giam5 gong4jieng1 |
校長 兼 摜鐘 |
Wear multiple hats, in the sense of taking care of everything. Literally, the principal of the school also tolls the bell. |
[xiao4zhang3 jian1 guan4zhong1] “大事 小事 都 包辦。” |
| 133 |
dong4 e6 diao3. dong4 bhe6 e6 diao3. bhe6 e6 kam1 ji6. |
棟 會 住。 棟 不會 住。 不會 堪 之。 |
Can stand. Cannot stand. Cannot stand or tolerate a weight, a burden, a pain, a hardship, etc. |
[dong4 hui4 zhu4][dong4 bu2hui4 zhu4][bu2hui4 kan1 zhi1] “撐得下”， “受得了”， “受不了”， “撐不下”， “支持不住。” |
| 173 |
lao5dieng4, lao5ka1 |
樓頂，樓脚 |
Upstairs, downstairs. |
[lou1ding3, lou2jiao3] “樓上，樓下。” |
| 114 |
wai5ge5 qi6chua4 |
歪糕 擠 拽 |
In a crazy order or manner. |
[wai1gao1 ji3che3] “亂七 八糟。” |
| 151 |
si1 kiao4kiao6 |
死 翹翹 |
Be dead soundly. |
[si3 qiao4qiao4] |
| 16 |
shui1dang5dang1 |
水噹噹 |
Beautiful. |
[shui3dang1dang1] “漂漂亮亮 的。” |
| 77 |
zui1lao5 si1 |
水流 屍 |
Body thrown into the river to let it flow with the current -- instead of buried in the ground. In ancient times, when the family could not afford a proper burial, this thing did happen. |
[shui3liu2 shi1] |
| 35 |
He5 Le1 lang3 |
河 洛 人 |
People that came from the areas He5 and Le4. These areas are in today's Northern China where the provinces of Shandong, Hebei, and Henan are. The so-called Taiwanese originally came from that general area. |
[He2 Luo4 ren2] “台灣 人。” |
| 193 |
diam6 zhu5zhu1 |
沉 珠珠 |
Dead quiet. Literally "pearls sunk at the bottom of the water," referring to a person being quiet without making any noise. |
[chen2 zhu1zhu1] “不聲不響。” |
| 2 |
diam6diam5 jia6 sa85wa81gong5 bua86 |
沉沉 吃 三碗公 半 |
Still water runs deep. To have finished eating three and a half large bowls of rice quietly. In Taiwanese, a large bowl is called a "wa81 gong1 [碗公] (Grandpa bowl.)" |
[chen2chen2 chi1 san1wan3gong1 ban4] “看 不 出來。” |