草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路

See also: 草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路

Chinese

grasshopper; locust; a child who bothers and harasses others
stitch; take; tease
stitch; take; tease; lift up (skirt); pull up (sleeve)
 
 rooster; cock
from; self; oneself
from; self; oneself; since
 
 to search; to look for; to seek
blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac
blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac; road to ruin; road to destruction
 
trad. (草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路/草蜢撩鷄公——自尋死路) 草蜢 撩 雞公/鷄公 —— 自 尋 死路
simp. (草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路) 草蜢 撩 鸡公 —— 自 寻 死路

Pronunciation

  • Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-máng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu / chhó-màng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu
  • Hakka
    • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
      • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-máng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu
      • Hakka Romanization System: coˋ mangˋ liauˇ gieˊ gungˊ, cii qimˇ xiˋ lu
      • Hagfa Pinyim: co3 mang3 liau2 gie1 gung1, ci4 qim2 xi3 lu4
      • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ³¹ li̯au̯¹¹ ki̯e²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰim¹¹ si³¹ lu⁵⁵/
    • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
      • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-màng liàu kiê-kûng, chhṳ chhìm sí-lu
      • Hakka Romanization System: coˋ mangˇ liauˇ gieˊ gungˊ, cii qimˇ xiˋ lu
      • Hagfa Pinyim: co3 mang2 liau2 gie1 gung1, ci4 qim2 xi3 lu4
      • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ¹¹ li̯au̯¹¹ ki̯e²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰim¹¹ si³¹ lu⁵⁵/

Idiom

草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路

  1. (Hakka) The grasshopper messing with the rooster; to overestimate one's capabilities; to seek one's demise

See also

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