會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙

Chinese

		to know; to understand	to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to steal and eat the food		to be unable to; to not know how to; to have not learned to	to wipe one's mouth; to obliterate; to destroy
trad. (會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙)		會曉	偷食	，	𣍐曉	拭喙
simp. (会晓偷食，𫧃晓拭喙)		会晓	偷食	，	𫧃晓	拭喙
Literally: “to know how to eat on the sly, but not know how to wipe one's mouth”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bōe-hiáu chhit-chhùi / ě-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bǒe-hiáu chhit-chhùi / ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bē-hiáu chhit-chhùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bōe-hiáu chhit-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: ē-hiáu thau-tsia̍h, buē-hiáu tshit-tshuì
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴ bue³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ⁴ bue²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bǒe-hiáu chhit-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: ě-hiáu thau-tsia̍h, buě-hiáu tshit-tshuì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau³³ t͡siaʔ²⁴ bue²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-hiáu thau-chia̍h, bē-hiáu chhit-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: ē-hiáu thau-tsia̍h, bē-hiáu tshit-tshuì
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ¹²¹ be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴ be³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/

Idiom

會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙

1. (Hokkien) to do something bad and not know how to destroy evidence and deal with the aftermath