bué-gê

尾牙

［名詞］每逢初二、十六祭拜土地公稱做「做牙」﹔農曆十二月十六日為一年當中最後一次做牙，稱為「尾牙」。商家與公司行號通常會在這一天聚餐以犒賞員工。

食尾牙面憂憂，食頭牙撚喙鬚。

Tsia̍h bué-gê bīn iu-iu, tsia̍h thâu-gê lián tshuì-tshiu.

(吃尾牙的時候，員工可能被辭退，所以人心惶惶；吃頭牙的時候，員工不會有被辭退的擔心，所以人心安穩。)

反義詞頭牙

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bué-gê

英語 year-end dinner given by a shop owner to entertain his employees on the 16th of the twelfth moon, during which an employee would know that he will not be hired for the coming year if the head of a cooked chicken is pointed at his seat