掠蟳走蠘

Chinese

		plunder	(hairy sea-crab)	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave
trad. (掠蟳走蠘)		掠	蟳	走	蠘
simp. (掠𫊻走蠘)		掠	𫊻	走	蠘

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍h-chîm-cháu-chhi̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-chîm-cháu-chhi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h-tsîm-tsáu-tshi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaqcimzawchih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sim²⁴⁻²² t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiʔ⁴/

Idiom

掠蟳走蠘

1. (Hokkien) to attend to one thing and lose sight of another; to be unable to take care of everything at once

Synonyms

• 顧此失彼／顾此失彼 (gùcǐshībǐ)
• 捉襟見肘／捉襟见肘 (zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu)