𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎

𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎

Chinese

		to be unable to; to not know how to; to have not learned to	to sail a boat; to navigate	to dislike; to suspect	creek	bend; bent
trad. (𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎)		𣍐曉	駛船	嫌	溪	彎
simp. (𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯)		𫧃晓	驶船	嫌	溪	弯
alternative forms		袂曉駛船嫌溪彎／袂晓驶船嫌溪弯
Literally: “blame the river for being too crooked when one is unable to sail a boat”.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): bē-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khe oan / bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oan

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khe oan
    • Tâi-lô: bē-hiáu sái-tsûn hiâm khe uan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexhiao sayzuun hiaam qef oafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun²³ hiam²³⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴ uan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oan
    • Tâi-lô: buē-hiáu sái-tsûn hiâm khue uan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexhiao sayzuun hiaam qoef oafn
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun²⁴ hiam²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰue⁴⁴ uan⁴⁴/

Idiom

𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎

1. (Min Nan, figuratively) a man always blame others upon failure rather than reflecting on himself; a bad workman always blames his tools

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 屙屎唔出賴地硬／屙屎唔出赖地硬
• (Min Nan) 𣍐曉駛船嫌溪狹／𫧃晓驶船嫌溪狭

References

• “Entry #11593”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.