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Chinese
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to guard
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thief
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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
(Southern Min) night
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to do; to make; to produce
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thief
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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
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| trad. (守賊一暝，做賊一更)
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守
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賊
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做
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| simp. (守贼一暝，做贼一更)
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守
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贼
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一
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暝
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做
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| Literally: “one night to guard against thieves, two hours to be a thief”.
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Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-chha̍t-chi̍t-mî, chòe-chha̍t-chi̍t-kiⁿ / chiú-chha̍t-chi̍t-mêe, chò-chha̍t-chi̍t-keⁿ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-chha̍t-chi̍t-mî, chòe-chha̍t-chi̍t-kiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tsiú-tsha̍t-tsi̍t-mî, tsuè-tsha̍t-tsi̍t-kinn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚²⁴⁻² t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² mĩ²⁴ t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰat̚²⁴⁻² t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² kĩ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² mĩ²⁴ t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-chha̍t-chi̍t-mêe, chò-chha̍t-chi̍t-keⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tsiú-tsha̍t-tsi̍t-mêe, tsò-tsha̍t-tsi̍t-kenn
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ mɛ̃¹³ t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ̃⁴⁴/
Idiom
守賊一暝，做賊一更
- (Hokkien) impossible to defend effectively; hard to guard against