歪喙雞食好米

Chinese

		askew	beak; to pant	fowl; chicken	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	good; well; be fond of	rice; metre
trad. (歪喙雞食好米/歪喙鷄食好米)		歪	喙	雞/鷄	食	好	米
simp. (歪喙鸡食好米)		歪	喙	鸡	食	好	米
Literally: “crooked beaked chicken eats the good rice”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oai chhùi ke chia̍h hó bí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oai chhùi ke chia̍h hó bí
    • Tâi-lô: uai tshuì ke tsia̍h hó bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oay zhuix kef ciah hoir bie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/

Idiom

歪喙雞食好米

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) wanting more than one could reasonably expect given one's status or ability

Synonyms

• 枵狗數想豬肝骨／枵狗数想猪肝骨, 枵貓數想海底魚／枵猫数想海底鱼
• (Mandarin) 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉／癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 (làiháma xiǎng chī tiān'éròu)

References

• “Entry #60211”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.