草蜢弄雞公

See also: 草蜢弄鸡公

Chinese

		grasshopper; locust; a child who bothers and harasses others	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	rooster; cock; Circus cyaneus
trad. (草蜢弄雞公)		草蜢	弄	雞公
simp. (草蜢弄鸡公)		草蜢	弄	鸡公

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): chháu-meh lāng ke-kang / chháu-meh lāng koe-kang

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meh lāng ke-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-meh lāng ke-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmeq lang ke'kafng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ laŋ³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meh lāng koe-kang
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-meh lāng kue-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmeq lang koe'kafng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ³³⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

草蜢弄雞公

(Min Nan) The grasshopper messing with the rooster; to overestimate one's capabilities; to seek one's demise

See also

草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路／草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路

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