欲嫁才縛跤

See also: 欲嫁才缚跤

Chinese

desire; longing; appetite
desire; longing; appetite; wish
 
 marry (a husband)
ability; talent; endowment
ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just
 
 to bind one's feet
trad. (欲嫁才縛跤) 欲 嫁 才 縛跤
simp. (欲嫁才缚跤) 欲 嫁 才 缚跤
alternative forms 要嫁則縛腳／要嫁则缚脚
要嫁才縛腳／要嫁才缚脚
Literally: “to bind one's feet just before one gets married”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh kè chiah pa̍k-kha
      • Tâi-lô: beh kè tsiah pa̍k-kha
      • Phofsit Daibuun: beq kex ciaq pagqaf
      • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ke¹¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pak̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ke²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pak̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ke²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pak̚⁴⁻³² kʰa⁴⁴/

Proverb

欲嫁才縛跤

  1. (Hokkien) to fail to make a timely preparation; to do something at the last minute

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臨渴掘井 (“to fail to make a timely preparation and look for a solution at the last minute”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 臨渴掘井, 臨渴穿井, 臨噎掘井
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 臨渴掘井
Singapore 臨渴掘井
Cantonese Guangzhou 臨急開坑, 屎急挖糞坑
Hong Kong 臨渴掘井
Dongguan 臨急起廁坑
Southern Min Xiamen 屎緊開礐, 屎緊才開礐, 屎緊才欲開礐, 屎緊才欲開礐，喙焦才欲開井, 欲嫁才縛跤
Quanzhou 屎緊才欲開礐，喙焦才欲開井
Zhangzhou 屎緊才欲開礐，喙焦才欲開井
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