客鳥咬毋著批信

Chinese

		magpie	bite; nip	wrong; incorrect	letter
trad. (客鳥咬毋著批信)		客鳥	咬	毋著	批信
simp. (客鸟咬毋著批信)		客鸟	咬	毋著	批信
alternative forms		客鳥齩毋著批信／客鸟咬毋著批信
Literally: “magpie bites the wrong letter”.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheh-chiáu kā m̄-tio̍h phoe-sìn / kheh-chiáu kǎ m̄-tio̍h phoe-sìn / kheeh-chiáu kā m̄-tio̍h phe-sìn

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-chiáu kā m̄-tio̍h phoe-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: kheh-tsiáu kā m̄-tio̍h phue-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qehciao ka mxdioih phoesixn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiau⁵³ ka²²⁻²¹ m̩²²⁻²¹ tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰue⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-chiáu kǎ m̄-tio̍h phoe-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: kheh-tsiáu kǎ m̄-tio̍h phue-sìn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ t͡ɕiau⁵⁵⁴ ka²² m̩⁴¹⁻²² tio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰue³³ ɕin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheeh-chiáu kā m̄-tio̍h phe-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: kheeh-tsiáu kā m̄-tio̍h phe-sìn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiau⁵³ ka²²⁻²¹ m̩²²⁻²¹ tio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰe⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin²¹/

Idiom

客鳥咬毋著批信

(Hokkien) to send the wrong message causing suffering or empty joys

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 客鳥報毋著喜／客鸟报毋著喜, 客鳥報毋分曉／客鸟报毋分晓

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