雞屎落塗，也有三寸煙

Chinese
fowl; chicken stool; faeces to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind to smear; daub also; too
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 three a unit of length cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (雞屎落塗，也有三寸煙/鷄屎落塗，也有三寸煙) 雞/鷄 屎 落 塗 ， 也 有 三 寸 煙
simp. (鸡屎落涂，也有三寸烟) 鸡 屎 落 涂 ， 也 有 三 寸 烟

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke sái lo̍h thô͘, iā ū saⁿ chhùn ian
      • Tâi-lô: ke sái lo̍h thôo, iā ū sann tshùn ian
      • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ u³³⁻¹¹ sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ iɛn⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²³ ia³³⁻²¹ u³³⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ iɛn⁴⁴/

Idiom

雞屎落塗，也有三寸煙

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) all people must have aspirations

References
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