| Order |
Pronunciation |
Expression |
Explanations |
When pronounced in Mandarin & Mandarin counterpart(s) |
| 134 |
wu6en3 |
有緣 |
Have a mysterious tie in between. This concept is used to explain why a couple met -- among all the multitudes of the "rin5sua81 rin5hai4 [人山 人海] (People Mountain People Sea,)" why two particular people met and became a couple? Hmm.... |
[you3yuan2] “有 緣份”，“月下 老人 牽 紅綫。” 或者 “也 不知道 怎麽 解釋，反正 看到 這個人，就 覺得 很爽利！” |
| 136 |
ri6tao3 |
日頭 |
The sun. |
[ri4tou2] “太陽。” |
| 45 |
ni5 xi1 |
擰 絲 |
Pick up even a tiny thread. Extremely thrifty; very, very careful before throwing anything away. |
[nie1 si1] “小氣 嗒嗒 的。” |
| 166 |
shiu5gia81 |
收驚 |
Collect and expel the Surprise Spirit. See "shiu6dio6 ce85gia81 受到 青驚 (Surprise has entered the body.)" |
[shou1jing1] |
| 40 |
bang4hui4 e6 ge1de1 gio4 giu4hui4 |
放火 的 更在 叫 救火 |
One who set the fire calls people to put out the fire. Crying wolf. |
[fang4huo3 de0 geng4zai4 jiao4 jiu4huo3] |
| 89 |
ai4sui4 mu6gia85 lao5 pi86zui4 |
愛水 不驚 流 鼻水 |
When a girl or a woman wants to look pretty, she will risk catching cold by not putting on enough clothes. |
[ai4shui3 bu4jing1 liu2 bi2shui3] |
| 51 |
gui5 sieng5ku1 tia84 liao1liao4 |
整 身軀 疼 了了 |
Ache all over the body. |
[zheng3 shen1qu1 teng2 liao3liao3] “全身 發痛。” |
| 132 |
gui5e5 tao5ka5 ghong6ghong6 se4 |
整個 頭殼 戇戇 旋 |
So confused as if the whole head is whirling around. |
[zheng3ge0 tou2ke2 zhuang4zhuang4 xuan2] “迷迷糊糊”，“只 覺得 一只 腦袋瓜 兒 團團 轉。” |
| 10 |
go6 bu1 li6jiong1 |
故 不 離章 |
Let us get back to our subject (after beating around the bush all this time.) |
[gu4 bu4 li2zhang1] “言 歸 正傳。” |
| 47 |
pa4 gun5tao3 |
打 拳頭 |
Practice martial arts. |
[da3 quan2tou2] “習 武術”， “練 功夫。” |