Baba Nyonya
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Baba Nyonya
More sayings from the Raymond Kwok Collection
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hua hnee^ ka tio pua` happy till fell down absolutely delighted kong^ eh kau, cho eh kau spoken and done, is done to keep to one's word kuay snua gone over the hill died k'ee peh hoon snua liao gone to White Cloud mountain dead and buried k'ee long` pia go knock against the wall frustration kn'ua bay k'ee^ doesn't look up to despise others lau hau^ p'uay oon eam~ nutmeg dipped in salt a stingy person leng kau leng, hong kau hong unku kau tom mong (Dragon associates with dragon, phoenix with phoenix (Hunchback with the coconut shoot) lia lu-lang cho lembu catch you fellows to make cows made use of liao looi por oon lose money prolongs one's fate a loss is a gain (said to console oneself after suffering losses) mee snua ooar vermicelli talk long winded talk nor eh tenga looi tair see lang two half cents crush person to death A person who throws his weight about nor t'au chua two-headed snake a hypocrite oo chiu^ kong chiu ooah bo chiu^ kong peh ch'at ooah got wine talk wine talk no wine talk white-painted words Of habitual liars (C27) Lobs you mean this translation is wrong? Drinks loosen the tongue and the intellect soars. When the drinks run out conversation becomes insipid and inconsequential oo ch'iu, oo k'ar, go bay see^ have hands, have feet, cannot starve rely on oneself for survival
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rising tone as in hair (prawn)
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