| 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。” |
| 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。” |
| 9 |
gu1 qio4 bi5 bhe5bhui4 |
龜 笑 鱉 無尾 |
Tapestry-shell turtle laughs at the smooth-shell turtle that it has no tail. When A laughs at B for the trait that A himself possesses, C as a witness will laugh at A to mean "half pound of one and eight ounces of the other." Or B can also fire back at A by using this expression. |
[gui1 xiao4 bie1 wu2wei3] “五十步 笑 百步。” |
| 124 |
gua86dia85 |
提訂 |
Ritual of getting engaged. As part of the ritual, cakes will be put in boxes and distributed to friends and relatives in baskets; therefore the word "gua86 [提] (to carry a basket.)" |
[ti2ding4] “訂婚 的 禮俗。” |
| 104 |
guan5gi3 bu2ghi4 zhin5 gun5zu4, ki1qiu4 bhe5hui3 dai6 jiong4hu1 |
觀棋 不語 真 君子， 起手 無回 大 丈夫 |
Pair of comments printed between the two halves of the checker board. They are saying, "quiet audience are real gentlemen; not redoing a move indicates a manly player." |
[guan1qi2 bu4yu3 zhen1 jun1zi0, qi3shou3 wu2hui2 da4 zhang4fu1] |
| 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。” |
| 60 |
gun5tao3 shai5hu5 |
拳頭 師父 |
Martial art master. |
[quan2tou2 shi1fu4] “師父”，”武術 老師。” |
| 144 |
hai6wa1 jin5a1 hua85hi1 ga1 bhe1si4! |
害我 真子 歡喜 及 要死！ |
(Literally) it hurts me in such a way that I am so happy that I would die! (Meaning) it really makes me so happy to the point that I would die! (Or) it really makes me extremely happy! (Or) you bet! That sure makes my day! |
[hai4wo3 zhen1zi0 huan1xi3 ji2 yao4si3!] “叫我 真的 高興 死了！” |
| 63 |
hai84tao2 a4 |
甩頭 子 |
Stuff that makes people swing their head back and forth. Liquor. |
[shuai3tou2 zi0] |