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niuxlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

yield to others; be yielding; be concessive; be conciliatory

讓人

niuxlaang phvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

very good-tempered in bearing insult or scolding; very easy in money matters; letting others get the better of us

讓人佔便宜

DFT (12) thaau-10-zoa:

🗣 Cit ciaq guu pag siafng niar phøee. 🗣 (u: Cit ciaq guu pag siafng niar phoee. Cit ciaq guu pag siafng niar phøee.) 一隻牛剝雙領皮。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

一頭牛剝兩張皮 ， 比喻雙重剝削 。 一頭牛只有一張皮 ， 剝兩張皮 ， 表示剝削嚴重 ， 已經超過能力可以負擔的程度 。 通常指沉重的賦稅或金錢的需索太重 ， 讓人無法負擔 。

🗣 horng 🗣 (u: horng) 仿 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to learn; to study; to imitate; to follow the example of 2. (N) a copy; imitation (product etc) 3. (Adj) bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phoney 4. (N) something to let others follow the example of; sample; example

學習 、 效法 。 仿製的東西 。 假的 。 讓人效法 、 學習的東西 。

🗣 kaupvef/kaupvy 🗣 (u: kaw'pvef/pvy) 交繃 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

愛挑剔 、 計較 ， 喜歡唱反調 ， 讓人感到為難 。 因為不滿而與人發生糾紛 。

🗣 khøfphax 🗣 (u: khør'phax) 可怕 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

讓人感覺害怕 。

🗣 laux-exhaai 🗣 (u: laux-e'haai) 落下頦 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

下巴脫臼 。 引申為笑話說得很精彩 ， 讓人笑得下巴都要掉了 。 指人在撒謊 。

🗣 Øexhiao thaw ciah, bøexhiao chid zhuix. 🗣 (u: E'hiao thaw ciah, be'hiao chid zhuix. Øe'hiao thaw ciah, bøe'hiao chid zhuix.) 會曉偷食，袂曉拭喙。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

只知道要偷吃 ， 卻不知道要把嘴巴擦乾淨 。 比喻做壞事後 ， 不懂得湮滅證據 ， 讓人發現 。

🗣 suosi 🗣 (u: sux'si) 四序 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

井井有條 、 妥當 。 讓人覺得舒服安適的感覺 。

🗣 tasafng 🗣 (u: taf'safng) 焦鬆 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

乾爽 。 乾燥清爽 ， 讓人感覺舒服 。

🗣 thvikong'afkviar 🗣 (u: thvy'kofng'ar'kviar) 天公仔囝 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

幸運兒 。 表示一個人 ， 經常逢凶化吉 ， 大難不死 ， 讓人覺得有不可思議的好運氣 。

🗣 ytiam'ar 🗣 (u: ie'tiam'ar) 椅墊仔 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

坐墊 。 放在椅子上 ， 讓人坐起來感覺舒服的墊子 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.