食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 last dinner party held by employer before Chinese New Year
 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 worried worried
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 first dinner party held by employer after Chinese New Year twirl (in the fingers) beard
trad. (食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚) 食 尾牙 面 憂 憂 ， 食 頭牙 撚 喙鬚
simp. (食尾牙面忧忧，食头牙撚喙须) 食 尾牙 面 忧 忧 ， 食 头牙 撚 喙须
Literally: “worried when having last dinner with employer before Chinese New Year, but touching beard calmly when having the first dinner with employer after Chinese New Year”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h bé-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu / chia̍h bóe-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu
  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Taipei)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h bé-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h bé-gê bīn iu-iu, tsia̍h thâu-gê lián tshuì-tshiu
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²⁴ bin³³⁻¹¹ iu⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴ liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h bóe-gê bīn iu-iu, chia̍h thâu-gê lián chhùi-chhiu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h bué-gê bīn iu-iu, tsia̍h thâu-gê lián tshuì-tshiu
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡe²³ bin³³⁻²¹ iu⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ ɡe²³ liɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

Proverb

食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚

  1. (Southern Min) Employees are more prone to dismissal before than after Chinese New Year.

See also

References

“Entry #3083”, 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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