大鼎炒狗蟻

See also: 大鼎炒狗蚁

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ancient bronze cauldron; throne; (Min) wok	saute; pan-fry; to fry saute; pan-fry; to fry; fried	ant
trad. (大鼎炒狗蟻)		大	鼎	炒	狗蟻
simp. (大鼎炒狗蚁)		大	鼎	炒	狗蚁
Literally: “frying ants in a big wok”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa tiáⁿ chhá káu-hiā

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa tiáⁿ chhá káu-hiā
    • Tâi-lô: tuā tiánn tshá káu-hiā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doa dviar zhar kaw'hia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tiã⁵³ t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tiã⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tiã⁵³ t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tiã⁵³ t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tiã⁴¹ t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/

Proverb

大鼎炒狗蟻

1. (Hokkien) in a complete mess

Synonyms

• 一塌糊塗／一塌糊涂
• 亂／乱 (luàn)
• 亂七八糟／乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo)
• 亂雜／乱杂 (luànzá) (literary)
• 凌亂 (língluàn)
• 嘈亂／嘈乱 (cáoluàn) (literary, of sound)
• 挐亂／挐乱 (Hokkien)
• 擾擾／扰扰 (rǎorǎo)
• 散亂／散乱 (sǎnluàn)
• 有七無八／有七无八 (Hokkien)
• 殽亂／淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
• 混亂／混乱 (hùnluàn)
• 烏七八糟／乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo)
• 烏哩單刀／乌哩单刀 (Cantonese)
• 無序／无序 (wúxù)
• 狼戾 (Hakka, literary)
• 狼狼戾戾 (Hakka)
• 狼藉 (lángjí)
• 立立亂／立立乱 (lap⁶ lap^6-2 lyun⁶) (Cantonese)
• 糊塗／糊涂
• 糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
• 紊 (wěn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 紛亂／纷乱 (fēnluàn)
• 紊亂／紊乱 (wěnluàn)
• 紛雜／纷杂 (fēnzá) (literary)
• 繚亂／缭乱 (liáoluàn) (formal)
• 肆亂／肆乱 (sìluàn) (literary)
• 荊棘／荆棘 (jīngjí) (literary, figurative)
• 蕪雜／芜杂 (wúzá)
• 雜亂／杂乱 (záluàn)
• 鬼打樣／鬼打样 (Hakka)