痟狗舂墓壙

Chinese

		mad dog	to pound (grain); beat	coffin pit; grave
trad. (痟狗舂墓壙)		痟狗	舂	墓壙
simp. (痟狗舂墓圹)		痟狗	舂	墓圹

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu káu cheng bōng-khòng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu káu cheng bōng-khòng
    • Tâi-lô: siáu káu tsing bōng-khòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siao kao zefng boxngqoxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔŋ¹¹/

Idiom

痟狗舂墓壙

1. (Southern Min, figurative) to vie to be first and fear to be last

Synonyms

• 爭先恐後／争先恐后 (zhēngxiānkǒnghòu)

References

• “痟狗舂墓壙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.