乞食趕廟公

Chinese

		to beg for food; beggar	to catch up; to overtake; to hurry to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away	temple attendant in charge of incense and candles; acolyte
trad. (乞食趕廟公)		乞食	趕	廟公
simp. (乞食赶庙公)		乞食	赶	庙公
Literally: “the beggar expels the temple attendant”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khit-chia̍h kóaⁿ biō-kong

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-chia̍h kóaⁿ biō-kong
    • Tâi-lô: khit-tsia̍h kuánn biō-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qitciah kvoar bioixkofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bio²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kuã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bio⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bio²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɤ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bio³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

乞食趕廟公

1. (Hokkien) to seize or usurp what is other's

Synonyms

• 鳩佔鵲巢／鸠占鹊巢 (jiūzhànquècháo)