食思毋通食飫

Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
to think; to consider do not; don't
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
full (as of eating)
trad. (食思毋通食飫) 毋通
simp. (食思毋通食饫) 毋通
Literally: “to think while eating not to eat until one is sick of it”.

Pronunciation


  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h su m̄-thang chia̍h ì
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h su m̄-thang tsia̍h ì
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah sw mxtafng ciah ix
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ su⁴⁴ m̩²²⁻²¹ tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ i²¹/
      • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴ m̩²²⁻²¹ tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ i²¹/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h sir m̄-thang chia̍h ìr
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h sir m̄-thang tsia̍h ìr
      • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sɯ³³ m̩⁴¹⁻²² tʰaŋ³³ t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɯ⁴¹/

Idiom

食思毋通食飫

  1. (Hokkien) it is better to eat it and want to eat it again rather than eating too much and get sick of it, even if it is delicious