歹竹出好筍

Chinese

bad; wicked; evil bamboo
 
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
good; well; be fond of bamboo shoot
trad. (歹竹出好筍)
simp. (歹竹出好笋)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄔㄨ ㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phái tek chhut hó sún / phái tiak chhut hó sún / pháiⁿ tek chhut hó sún

Proverb

歹竹出好筍

  1. (Taiwan, southern Fujian, originally Hokkien, figurative) an exceptional child is born from lowly parents
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