What is your favourite sport? Do you like watching sports? With professional leagues like baseball and basketball, Taiwan is an island that is so passionate about sports! In fact, Taiwan even participated in the World Baseball Classic, which just came to an end earlier this week, defeating Czech Republic and Korea. This week, let’s learn some Tâi-gí words related to sports.

●Words to Know:

1. 運動 ūn-tōng (n.) sport

2. 野球 iá-kiû (n.) baseball 

3. 籃球 nâ-kiû (n.) basketball

4. 跤球 kha-kiû (n.) football

5. 泅水 siû-tsuí (v.) swim

6. 比賽 pí-sài (n.) sport match

●Idiom of the week:

好額毋值得會食，好命毋值得勇健。

Hó-gia̍h m̄-ta̍t-tit ē tsia̍h, hó-miā m̄-ta̍t-tit ióng-kiānn.

(Being rich is not as valuable as being able to eat; having a good life is not as valuable as being healthy and strong.)