食碗內說碗外

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	bowl; cup	inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	bowl; cup	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (食碗內說碗外)		食	碗	內	說	碗	外
simp. (食碗内说碗外)		食	碗	内	说	碗	外
alternative forms		食碗裡說碗外／食碗里说碗外

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi seh óaⁿ-gōa / chia̍h óaⁿ-lǎi serh óaⁿ-gōa / chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi soeh óaⁿ-gōa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi seh óaⁿ-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lāi seh uánn-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah voaflai seq voafgoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lǎi serh óaⁿ-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lǎi serh uánn-guā
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²² sə(ʔ)⁵ uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi soeh óaⁿ-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lāi sueh uánn-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah voaflai soeq voafgoa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai³³ sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/

Idiom

食碗內說碗外

1. (Hokkien) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃裡扒外 (“to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃裡扒外
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吃裡扒外
	Taiwan	吃裡扒外
	Singapore	吃裡扒外
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食碗面反碗底
	Hong Kong	食碗面反碗底
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家神透外鬼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家神透外鬼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家神透外鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	食碗內說碗外, 食碗內講碗外
	Quanzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Zhangzhou	食碗內說碗外
	Tainan	食碗內洗碗外, 食碗內說碗外