了錢生理無人做,刣頭生理有人做
Chinese
editto lose money; to make a loss; to waste money | business; trade; buying and selling | not have | man; person; people | to do; to make; to produce | to behead; to decapitate; to fire | business; trade; buying and selling | to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
man; person; people | to do; to make; to produce | |||
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trad. (了錢生理無人做,刣頭生理有人做) | 了錢 | 生理 | 無 | 人 | 做 | , | 刣頭 | 生理 | 有 | 人 | 做 | |
simp. (了钱生理无人做,刣头生理有人做) | 了钱 | 生理 | 无 | 人 | 做 | , | 刣头 | 生理 | 有 | 人 | 做 |
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-chîⁿ seng-lí bô lâng chò, thâi-thâu seng-lí ū lâng chò
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-chîⁿ seng-lí bô lâng chò, thâi-thâu seng-lí ū lâng chò
- Tâi-lô: liáu-tsînn sing-lí bô lâng tsò, thâi-thâu sing-lí ū lâng tsò
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sɤ²¹ tʰai²³⁻³³ tʰau²³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹ u³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sɤ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡so¹¹ tʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³ u³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡so¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
edit了錢生理無人做,刣頭生理有人做
- (Southern Min, sarcastic) People are not willing to do business that does not make profit, but are willing to do business involving murder. (Used to satirize businesspeople who use evil means to profiteer)
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “Entry #26886”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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