Friday 6 May 2022

Vernacular sayings I

I have search YouTube for this first video after receiving the second video as described in the other post, which has our Teochew vernacular sayings. You can hear these sayings and be able to see how it is spelled as shown in the table below. 

tou2uê7 sêng5ghe2 土話 成語 vernacular sayings I

tou2 uê7 土話|土话

vernacular language

土話|土话

bho5 biang3 無變无变

 

there is nothing which can be done

沒辦法没办法

bho5 hua5 seng3 無和算|无和算

not worth it

划算

si3 suan3 dan3 四散

to talk nonsense

亂講|乱讲

suan3 kao3 bê6 散哭父

to talk rubbish

胡說八道|胡说八道

zêg8 gi1 liu5 一枝流

always (previously)

一向

du2 m6 duê3 

unable to bear, unbearable

頂不住顶不住

sêng5 ghe2 成語

Chinese set expression, idiom or saying

成語

am6deng5 am6do2 頷長頷短颔长颔短

to drool with desire

 

垂涎欲滴

 


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