Showing posts with label Taiwanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taiwanese. Show all posts

Saturday, June 21, 2008

剉咧等

This Taiwanese phrase, pronounced cualedan, seems to be being used in Taiwan's mainstream media more often recently. It means 'to tremble while waiting for something bad to happen. Here the pro-Blue China Times uses it in a headline:

親綠財團法人老董 剉咧等


Green Chairmen of Foundations Tremble While Waiting [for Ax to Fall]


Perhaps A-gu will jump in with the correct romanization and characters?