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歹竹出好筍

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Chinese

More information bad; wicked; evil, bamboo ...

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎi zhú chū hǎo sǔn
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄔㄨ ㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phái tek chhut hó sún / phái tiak chhut hó sún / pháiⁿ tek chhut hó sún

Proverb

歹竹出好筍

  1. (Taiwan, southern Fujian, originally Hokkien, figurative) an exceptional child is born from lowly parents
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