無尾巷

無尾巷

1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin) blind alley; dead end; cul-de-sac
   • 2007, 陳垣三, 浦尾的春天, Taipei: 蘭臺出版社, →ISBN, page 33:

     巷子很短，我走不了幾分鐘就走到另一頭，是一條無尾巷。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     巷子很短，我走不了几分钟就走到另一头，是一条无尾巷。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     Xiàngzi hěn duǎn, wǒ zǒubùliǎo jǐ fēnzhōng jiù zǒu dào lìng yī tóu, shì yī tiáo wúwěixiàng. [Pinyin]

     The alley was very short. It took me just a few minutes to walk to the other side. It was a dead end.

   • 2018, “月娘敢會知”, in 武雄 (lyrics), 陳世娟 (music), 我若是黃倩倩 [Change], performed by 黃妃 [Huang Fei]:

     月色茫茫　凌亂　親像迷路的人行入無尾巷 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     月色茫茫　凌乱　亲像迷路的人行入无尾巷 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     goe̍h-sek bâng-bâng, lêng-loān, chhin-chhiūⁿ bê-lō͘ ê lâng kiâⁿ li̍p bô-bóe-hāng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The moonlight is obscure and muddled, like a lost person walking into a dead end