垃圾食，垃圾大

Chinese

		garbage; rubbish; trash garbage; rubbish; trash; waste; refuse; junk	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed		garbage; rubbish; trash garbage; rubbish; trash; waste; refuse; junk	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (垃圾食，垃圾大)		垃圾	食	，	垃圾	大
simp. #(垃圾食，垃圾大)		垃圾	食	，	垃圾	大
Literally: “eat dirty, grow up dirty”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lah-sap chia̍h, lah-sap tōa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lah-sap chia̍h, lah-sap tōa
    • Tâi-lô: lah-sap tsia̍h, lah-sap tuā
    • IPA (Singapore): /la(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² sap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴³ la(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² sap̚³²⁻⁴ tua²²/

Proverb

垃圾食，垃圾大

1. (Hokkien) what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 揦鮓食，揦鮓大／揦鲊食，揦鲊大