惜性命

Chinese

		pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	life; fate
simp. and trad. (惜性命)		惜	性	命

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sioh-sìⁿ-miā / sioh-sèⁿ-miā

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioh-sìⁿ-miā
  - Tâi-lô: sioh-sìnn-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioihsviemia
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio(ʔ)⁵ ɕĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɕĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioh-sèⁿ-miā
  - Tâi-lô: sioh-sènn-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioihsveamia
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/

Idiom

惜性命

(Hokkien) to cravenly cling to life and fear death; to be cowardly and afraid of death

Synonyms

貪生怕死／贪生怕死 (tānshēngpàsǐ)

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