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Baba Nyonya
More sayings from the Raymond Kwok Collection
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siu k'ar keep leg given up (bad things like gambling) sim ho, ch'ooi ch'au good heart, bad mouth of a man who is blunt, often misunderstood sin jamban ho pang sai new toilet, good shitting anything new looks good sio chai bo ch'oot, tua chai bay jeep / bay lai small luck does not go out, big luck cannot come in generosity attracts wealth sio p'ar kay fighting cock hot tempered a rowdy soo kar lau k'or losing till trousers drop suffer heavy losses sooi kar boay see very beautiful (avoided on New Year's Day because literally translated it reads: beautiful cannot die) snair mor grow hair fault finding snar kak bee, choo oo pnooi a three cornered grain can make rice three scraping together what they have can still survive snar jit hong, see jit hor` three days wind three days rain a person who is often ill temperamental change in fortunes, circumstances sneh k'ee` chi-par k'ooi` save a hundred breaths no use talking to him sneh koo sin breeding beetles business is dead storing something until it turns bad sneh miar` eow kin^ life is important important to keep healthy T'ai Kong tio^ hoo, lee chooi^ snar choon T'ai Kong is fishing three inches from the water a long and slow process waiting for something to turn up useless enterprise tair gong chia kau sai pretend to eat dog shit feigning ignorance if you are really that stupid help yourself to dog shit Tones ~
rising tone as in hair
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