糞掃

糞掃

1. (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Wenzhounese) trash; rubbish; garbage

   雞母扒糞掃，無事討事做。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   鸡母扒粪扫，无事讨事做。 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   Giĕ-mō̤ bà bóng-só̤, mò̤-dâi tō̤-dâi có̤. / [kie⁵⁵⁻⁵³ mo³³ pa⁵³ puŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nɔ²¹³ mo⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)lɑi²⁴² tʰo³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lɑi²⁴² t͡sɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Have nothing else to do.

   (literally, “The hen scratches [in] the trash; with nothing to do, it looks for something to do.”)

   • 1927, 紫雲旗氏, 四民經紀通俗歌‎^[1], 廈門 [Amoy]: 會文書局, page 4:

     一個拖糞掃　一個清水溝 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     一个拖粪扫　一个清水沟 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chi̍t-ê thoa pùn-sò, chi̍t-ê chheng chúi-kau [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     One drags trash, one clears the ditches

   • 1998 June 11, 許正勳, “淨灘”, in 阮若看着三輦車, Xinying: 台南縣立文化中心, published 1999, →ISBN, page 97:

     滿滿是兮糞掃四界掖／掖佇沙埔頂 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     满满是兮粪扫四界掖／掖伫沙埔顶 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Móa-móa-sī ê pùn-sò sì-kè iā / Iā tī soa-po͘ téng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Heaps of rubbish are scattered all over / Scattered on the beach

   • 2001, 葉海, 拱樂社歌劇團內台劇本：黑染玫瑰, volume 3, Taipei: 國立傳統藝術中心籌備處, →ISBN, page 139:

     自然水清漁〔魚〕著見，糞掃下久眞達錢 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     自然水清渔〔鱼〕着见，粪扫下久真达钱 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chū-jiân chúi chheng hî (hî) tio̍h kìⁿ, pùn-sò hē kú chin ta̍t-chîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Naturally, if the water is clear, the fish will be seen; rubbish, if left sitting here for a long time, will be quite valuable

• (Min Nan) “糞掃”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• (Min Nan) 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “糞掃”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 745