痟狗舂墓壙

Chinese

		mad dog	to pound (grain); beat	coffin pit; grave
trad. (痟狗舂墓壙)		痟狗	舂	墓壙
simp. (痟狗舂墓圹)		痟狗	舂	墓圹

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu káu cheng bōng-khòng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu káu cheng bōng-khòng
  - Tâi-lô: siáu káu tsing bōng-khòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siao kao zefng boxngqoxng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔŋ¹¹/

Idiom

痟狗舂墓壙

(Southern Min, figurative) to vie to be first and fear to be last

Synonyms

爭先恐後／争先恐后 (zhēngxiānkǒnghòu)

References

“Entry #60256”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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