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Chinese
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empty; hollow of a tree
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fowl; chicken
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flog; whip
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empty; hollow of a tree
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man; person; people
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not have
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look after; take into consideration; to attend to
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| trad. (枵雞無惜箠，枵人無顧面皮/枵鷄無惜箠，枵人無顧面皮)
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枵
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雞/鷄
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無惜
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箠
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，
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枵
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人
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無
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顧
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面皮
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| simp. (枵鸡无惜箠，枵人无顾面皮)
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枵
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鸡
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无惜
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箠
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，
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枵
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人
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无
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顾
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面皮
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| alternative forms
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枵雞無惜箠，枵儂無惜面皮／枵鸡无惜棰，枵侬无惜面皮
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| Literally: “a hungry chicken does not begrudge the bamboo rod, a hungry person does not care of one's sense of shame”.
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Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhê, iau-lâng-bô-kò͘-bīn-phê / iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhêr, iau-lâng-bô-kò͘-bīn-phêr / iau-ke-bô-sioh-chhôe, iau-lâng-bô-kò͘-bīn-phôe
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhê, iau-lâng-bô-kò͘-bīn-phê
- Tâi-lô: iau-kue-bô-sioh-tshê, iau-lâng-bô-kòo-bīn-phê
- IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰe²⁴ iau⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ pʰe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-koe-bô-sioh-chhêr, iau-lâng-bô-kò͘-bīn-phêr
- Tâi-lô: iau-kue-bô-sioh-tshêr, iau-lâng-bô-kòo-bīn-phêr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ kue³³ bo²⁴⁻²² sio(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰə²⁴ iau³³ laŋ²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-ke-bô-sioh-chhôe, iau-lâng-bô-kò͘-bīn-phôe
- Tâi-lô: iau-ke-bô-sioh-tshuê, iau-lâng-bô-kòo-bīn-phuê
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰue¹³ iau⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³ bo¹³⁻²² kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ pʰue¹³/
Idiom
枵雞無惜箠，枵人無顧面皮
- (Hokkien) when threatened with hunger or cold, a person can do things contrary to propriety, justice, integrity and honor
Synonyms