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gøeqtiofng 🗣 (u: gøeh'tiofng) 月中 [wt][mo] gue̍h-tiong/ge̍h-tiong [#]

1. (Time) || 指每一個月的中旬。

tonggi: ; s'tuix:

Chitgøeh-pvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh-pvoax; Chid'gøeh-pvoax; (Tiofng'goaan) [[...]][i#] [p.]

fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, special day for worship of ancestral tablets

七月十五,中元

• chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzaisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'goeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie; chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  said of a person acting foolishly or wickedly in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  七月半的鴨子不知死,死到臨頭不知憂。

zuytiofng løgøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'tiofng løo'goeh; zuie'tiofng løo'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]

make obviously futile efforts, (Lit. try to fish the reflected moon out of water) (literally)

水中撈月

gøeqtiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goeh'tiofng; gøeh'tiofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

middle of month

月中

tiongkafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiofng'kafn [[...]][i#] [p.]

in the middle of, between

中間,之間

• cid kofgoeh ee tiongkafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cid kor'goeh ee tiofng'kafn; cid'kør'gøeh ee tiofng'kafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  during this month
  這個月之間

• svaf nii ee tiongkafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf nii ee tiofng'kafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in the course of three years
  三年之間

• Sinteg ti Taitiofng kab Taipag ee tiongkafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Syn'teg ti Taai'tiofng kab Taai'pag ee tiofng'kafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Sin-tek is situated between Taipei and Taichung
  新竹在台中和台北之間。

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