Baba Nyonya
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Baba Nyonya
More sayings from the Raymond Kwok Collection
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arm kong` chiau^ late night bird one who stays up late ai tio` tua boay^ hoo wants to catch a big fish looking for a rich suitor bark ch'iu ang eyes red jealous bark ch'iu tuo tee hiak eyes located on eyebrow/forehead arrogant bay hiau siu` k'ar does not know how to retract legs doesn't know when to quit bo bin chooi^ no face water embarrassed bo io ee no medicine cures incorrigible charm ch'iu^ cut off hand swear to stop gambling chean koot t'au~ restless bones choosing the wrong life, a meddler chia bay par^, go bay see^ eat not full, starve cannot die just existing chia nooi^ bo chia teng eat soft not eat hard one who listens to persuasion cho lang hum-hum as a human being, be less demanding easy going ch'air mair po chap tiam^ blind hopes for ten hopeful ch'ar k'ar lay, bo-lang t'ua bay hiau knia~ wooden puppet, cannot walk if no one to pull strings one without initiative, one who does not do things himself ch'ar t'au teet wood-head straight a useless person, unhelpful, no initiative
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rising tone as in hair (prawn) |
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