大牛惜力

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ox; cow; bull	to be sparing of one's energy; to not do one's best; to be slack
simp. and trad. (大牛惜力)		大	牛	惜力
Literally: “big cow sparing one's energy”.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-gû-sioh-la̍t

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-gû-sioh-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-gû-sioh-la̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxgusioihlat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ ɡu¹³⁻²² ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² ɡu²⁴⁻²² ɕio(ʔ)⁵ lat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ ɡu²⁴⁻²² ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/

Idiom

大牛惜力

(Hokkien) to hold back or refuse to give one's best or contribute more despite being able to

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