Baba Nyonya More sayings from the Raymond Kwok Collection

chaching^ tio^ abu      a worm covered with ash           restless,  agonizing moments chau kar boay ah tit      runs till the tail straightens           frightenned off, put off chit sin t'iak nor ooi      one person torn into two           in a dilemma, many chores to do  cho kay cho ar! bo lian see ch'oot see cho ho gia! Lang ai kniah jee      a chicken or duck never shows off      born rich should have escendants             though rich, you are a failure without descendants cho kooi cho kwai      make ghost, make mischief           up to mischief cho lang k'ang k'or      hard to be a man           life faces many challenges, difficult to be impartial ch'eng kar kim tang tang      to dress until the gold clashes            wearing too much jewellery ch'io lang ch'io kar-kee      laugh at others, laugh at oneself           the joke's on you, he who laughs last laughs best ch'oay t'ay sin     searching for a substitute           looking for a scapegoat ch'ooi kam kim      mouth holding gold           a person of few words kong kar oo ch'iu oo k'ar      Talk until hands and legs appear           Exaggeration kong mee snuah uoa      talk vermicelli talk           Long winded kong ooua chit kee koot      talk one bone           barbed comments kong siau uah      talk crazy words           senseless words kong^ tang kong^ sai      talk North talk West         talking nonsense Tones _____ ~    rising tone as in hair (prawn) `    down tone as in tay (earth) ^    up tone as in ch'uan (tired) !    abrupt sound n    nasal

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