一空一隙

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	crack; occasion for dislike
trad. (一空一隙)		一	空	一	隙
simp. #(一空一隙)		一	空	一	隙
alternative forms		一孔一隙 一坑一嘎
Literally: “one hole, one crack”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-khang-chi̍t-khiah

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-khang-chi̍t-khiah
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-khang-tsi̍t-khiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidqangcidqiaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰiaʔ³²/

Idiom

一空一隙

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) every nook and cranny

   • 空氣是包圍佇地球水陸兩界ê表面上，無論佗位一孔、一隙to是伊所佔領ê王國。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     空气是包围伫地球水陆两界ê表面上，无论佗位一孔、一隙to是伊所占领ê王国。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1925 October, 科學雜略(空氣), 陳能通 (Tân Lêng-thong)

     Khang-khùi sī pau-ûi tī tē-kiû chúi-lio̍k lióng-kài ê piáu-bīn-chiūⁿ, bô-lūn tah-ūi chi̍t-khang, chi̍t-khiah to sī i só͘ chiàm-léng ê ông-kok. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 阮阿爸上班的糖廠去予掃甲一坑一嘎 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阮阿爸上班的糖厂去予扫甲一坑一嘎 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1998, 空襲警報 (Air Alert), 伍佰 (Wu Bai) & China Blue

     goán a-pâ siāng-pan ê thn̂g-chhiúⁿ khì hō͘ sàu kah chi̍t-khang-chi̍t-khiah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     My old man goes to work at the suger refinery to sweep every nook and cranny

   • 起起浮浮一空一隙 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     From: 2016, 飛上天 (Exterminate), 廖士賢 (Sam Liao)

     khí-khí phû-phû chi̍t-khang-chi̍t-khiah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 遠遠望著一空一隙破敗的海岸 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     远远望著一空一隙破败的海岸 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2018, 一九四五 1945 (Theme of Raid on Takao), 滅火器 (Fire EX.)

     hn̄g-hn̄g bāng tio̍h chi̍t-khang-chi̍t-khiah phòa-pāi ê hái-gān [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) in full detail

Synonyms

• (in full detail) 一五一十 (yīwǔyīshí)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “一孔一隙”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC