食碗內說碗外

Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
 bowl; cup
inside; inner; internal
inside; inner; internal; within; interior
 
 to speak; to say; persuade (politically) bowl; cup
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 
trad. (食碗內說碗外) 食 碗 內 說 碗 外
simp. (食碗内说碗外) 食 碗 内 说 碗 外
alternative forms 食碗裡說碗外／食碗里说碗外

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi seh óaⁿ-gōa / chia̍h óaⁿ-lǎi serh óaⁿ-gōa / chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi soeh óaⁿ-gōa
  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi seh óaⁿ-gōa
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lāi seh uánn-guā
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah voaflai seq voafgoa
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lǎi serh óaⁿ-gōa
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lǎi serh uánn-guā
      • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²² sə(ʔ)⁵ uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡua⁴¹/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h óaⁿ-lāi soeh óaⁿ-gōa
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h uánn-lāi sueh uánn-guā
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah voaflai soeq voafgoa
      • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai³³ sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡua³³/
      • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/

Idiom

食碗內說碗外

  1. (Hokkien) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃裡扒外 (“to live off someone while helping others; to repay a kindness by stabbing someone in the back”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吃裡扒外
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 吃裡扒外
Taiwan 吃裡扒外
Singapore 吃裡扒外
Cantonese Guangzhou 食碗面反碗底
Hong Kong 食碗面反碗底
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 家神透外鬼
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 家神透外鬼
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 家神透外鬼
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 家神透外鬼
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 家神透外鬼
Southern Min Xiamen 食碗內說碗外, 食碗內講碗外
Quanzhou 食碗內說碗外
Zhangzhou 食碗內說碗外
Tainan 食碗內洗碗外, 食碗內說碗外
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