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Idioms...Hokkien style Tsinoy Culture

When words fail, use idioms…Hokkien style (27)

First published in Tulay Fortnightly, Chinese-Filipino Digest
September 6-19, 2016 | vol. 29 | No. 7 issue

放屎糊壁邊pang sai ko pia penwipe bowel on the wallgrossly insulting gesture
掛羊頭賣狗肉kua yun t’ao bue kao bahanging goat’s head but selling dog’s meatdoing dishonest business
賬簿隔格siao p’o ke k’angdrawing lines on the accounting bookno extra expenses, stingy person
烏煙仙oh hun sianopium userheavy smoker
鐵齒t’i k’iiron teethstubborn