Illustration of Cantonese Proverbs 諺語

The Great Canton and Hong Kong Proverbs 諺語

In 1559, Dutch artist Pieter Bruegel created the oil painting “Netherlandish Proverbs” which illustrates many Dutch proverbs to praise the Dutch culture. In 2014, Ah To imitated the idea and created “Great Canton and Hong Kong proverbs” illustrating 81 Cantonese proverbs to propagate the Cantonese culture and defend Cantonese.

阿塗(Ah To), a graphic designer and part-time cartoonist who concerns about the survival of Cantonese in Canton and Hong Kong, has just published a comic called ” The Great Canton and Hong Kong Proverbs” on Hong Kong independent media “Passion Times“. The cartoon contains illustrations of 81 Cantonese proverbs.

諺語 Hints:
鬼揞眼、有錢使得鬼推磨、鬼拍後尾枕、呃鬼食豆腐、扮鬼扮馬、
鬼畫符、放飛機、飛象過河、過橋抽板、佛都有火、
老貓燒鬚、開籠雀、兩頭蛇、豬乸會上樹、拉牛上樹、
煲電話粥、冬瓜豆腐、刀仔鋸大樹、掛羊頭賣狗肉、倒瀉籮蟹、

大石笮死蟹、甩繩馬騮、運桔、鬼食泥、死雞撐飯蓋、
炒魷魚、食拖鞋飯、食碗面反碗底、食死貓、打蛇隨棍上、
斷柄遮、菠羅雞、唔理三七廿一、摸門釘、樹大有枯枝、
和尚擔遮、牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低、事急馬行田、劏白鶴、執死雞、

騎牛搵馬、貼錯門神、馬死落地行、一雞死一雞鳴、捉黃腳雞、
扯貓尾、老鼠拉龜、船頭尺、度水、豬籠入水、
濕水炮仗、黑狗得食白狗當災、水過鴨背、冇鞋挽屐走、一竹篙打一船人、
捉到鹿唔識脫角、咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳、禾稈冚珍珠、冇掩雞籠、籠裏雞作反、

上面蒸鬆糕,下面賣涼粉、十個茶壺九個蓋、盲人食湯丸、食人隻車、
賊佬試沙煲、、、、

Click Here for Graphical Illustration in Chinese and English:
81 Cantonese Proverbs in One Picture by Cantonese Resources



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