大鼎炒狗蟻

See also: 大鼎炒狗蚁

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
 ancient bronze cauldron; throne; (Min) wok
saute; pan-fry; to fry
saute; pan-fry; to fry; fried
 
 ant
trad. (大鼎炒狗蟻) 大 鼎 炒 狗蟻
simp. (大鼎炒狗蚁) 大 鼎 炒 狗蚁
Literally: “frying ants in a big wok”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa tiáⁿ chhá káu-hiā
      • Tâi-lô: tuā tiánn tshá káu-hiā
      • Phofsit Daibuun: doa dviar zhar kaw'hia
      • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tiã⁵³ t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tiã⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hia⁴¹/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tiã⁵³ t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tiã⁵³ t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tiã⁴¹ t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hia³³/

Proverb

大鼎炒狗蟻

  1. (Hokkien) in a complete mess

Synonyms

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