靠山山會崩,靠水水會焦
Chinese
editdepend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support |
mountain; hill | mountain; hill | to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting |
collapse; fall into ruins | depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support |
water; river | water; river | to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting |
burnt; scorched; worried burnt; scorched; worried; anxious | |||
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trad. (靠山山會崩,靠水水會焦) | 靠 | 山 | 山 | 會 | 崩 | , | 靠 | 水 | 水 | 會 | 焦 | |
simp. (靠山山会崩,靠水水会焦) | 靠 | 山 | 山 | 会 | 崩 | , | 靠 | 水 | 水 | 会 | 焦 | |
Literally: “When one relies on the mountain, the mountain may fall. When one relies on water, water may dry up.” |
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khò soaⁿ soaⁿ ē pang, khò chúi chúi ē ta
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò soaⁿ soaⁿ ē pang, khò chúi chúi ē ta
- Tâi-lô: khò suann suann ē pang, khò tsuí tsuí ē ta
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴ e²²⁻²¹ paŋ⁴⁴ kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³ t͡sui⁵³ e²²⁻²¹ ta⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ suã³³ suã³³ e⁴¹⁻²² paŋ³³ kʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴ e⁴¹⁻²² ta³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴ e²²⁻²¹ paŋ⁴⁴ kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³ t͡sui⁵³ e²²⁻²¹ ta⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴ e³³⁻¹¹ paŋ⁴⁴ kʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³ t͡sui⁵³ e³³⁻¹¹ ta⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ suã⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴ e³³⁻²¹ paŋ⁴⁴ kʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹ e³³⁻²¹ ta⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Proverb
edit靠山山會崩,靠水水會焦 (Hokkien)
- If one only spends money without earning, it will be eventually used up no matter how much one has.
- It is impossible to always rely on others because the environment is always changing, so one should strengthen one's own capabilities.
Synonyms
edit- (Hakka) 靠山山會倒,靠水水會燥,靠人人會老/靠山山会倒,靠水水会燥,靠人人会老
Further reading
edit- “Entry #60353”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
- Definition by PTS Taigi