| Order |
Pronunciation |
Expression |
Explanations |
When pronounced in Mandarin & Mandarin counterpart(s) |
| 28 |
gao6 cao5huan3 |
厚 操煩 |
Worry a lot. |
[hou4 cao1fan1] |
| 146 |
hao6se81 |
後生 |
Son, sons. |
[hou4sheng1] “兒子。” |
| 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] |
| 12 |
ho1tao3 niao1qi1bhui4 |
虎頭 貓鼠尾 |
Start with the tiger's head but yet end with a mouse's tail. Something that starts big but ends small. |
[hu3tou2 mao1shu3wei3] “虎頭 蛇尾。” |
| 20 |
wei6dang5 wei6sai1 |
話東 話西 |
Talk east, talk west. To have a random and wandering talk, usually casually. |
[hua4dong1 hua4xi1] “話東 話西”， “説長 説短”，“聊天 說地。” |
| 191 |
pai81 cu4bi81 |
壊 厝邊 |
Bad neighbor. |
[huai4 cuo4bian1] “壊 鄰居。” |
| 3 |
bhai4 ge1 gao6shai4 |
壊 更 厚屎 |
Ugly and full of crap. |
[huai4 geng4 hou4shi3] “醜人 多 作怪” 或者 “醜 八怪。” |
| 17 |
bhai1go5go3 |
壞糊糊 |
Ugly. |
[huai4hu2hu2] “醜 ” 或者 “很醜。” |
| 184 |
ge5 nua2a4 |
雞 媛子 |
Female chicken. Usually referring to a young female chicken before she becomes a hen. |
[ji1 yuan2zi0] “小 母鷄。” |
| 186 |
ge5bhe1 ka5cheng5 cui6 |
雞母 脚穿 嘴 |
Mouth of gossips. A mouth that functions like the ass of a hen. |
[ji1mu3 jiao3chuan1 zui3] “鷄婆 嘴。” |