宿宿人買著漏酒甕

Chinese

(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
 
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
 
 man; person; people buy
particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with
particle indicating the successful result of a verb; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to fall asleep; to burn; particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like ‑ing ending; to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply; catch; receive; suffer
 
funnel; to leak; to let out
funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
 
 wine jar
trad. (宿宿人買著漏酒甕) 宿 宿 人 買 著 漏 酒甕
simp. (宿宿人买着漏酒瓮) 宿 宿 人 买 着 漏 酒瓮
Literally: “an intelligent person bought a leaking wine jar”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-sek-lâng bóe-tio̍h làu chiú-àng / sek-sek-lâng bé-tio̍h làu-chiú-àng / siak-siak-lâng bóe-tio̍h làu-chiú-àng
  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sek-lâng bóe-tio̍h làu chiú-àng
      • Tâi-lô: sik-sik-lâng bué-tio̍h làu tsiú-àng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: sekseklaang boefdioih laux ciwaxng
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²¹/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sek-lâng bé-tio̍h làu-chiú-àng
      • Tâi-lô: sik-sik-lâng bé-tio̍h làu-tsiú-àng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: sekseklaang befdioih laociwaxng
      • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ laŋ¹³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²¹/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-siak-lâng bóe-tio̍h làu-chiú-àng
      • Tâi-lô: siak-siak-lâng bué-tio̍h làu-tsiú-àng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: siaksiaklaang boefdioih laociwaxng
      • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴ bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ aŋ⁴¹/

Idiom

宿宿人買著漏酒甕

  1. (Hokkien) nobody is infallible; even Homer nods

Synonyms

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