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iaolerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaux'lerng [[...]][i#] [p.]

crux of a matter, the point, the way of doing something, the gist

要領

• Hid ee laang iaolerng cyn hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang iaux'lerng cyn hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is a shrewd man. He does everything well.
  那個人要領很好。

• Y kofng'oe ee iaolerng cyn bae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y korng'oe ee iaux'lerng cyn bae.; (Y korng'oe pud teg iaux'lerng.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I can't get the point of his argument at all. I cannot make him out at all.
  他講話的要領很差,他講話不得要領。

• M zaiviar iaolerng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M zay'viar iaux'lerng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't know how to do it.
  不懂要領

putteg iaolerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg iaux'lerng [[...]][i#] [p.]

nothing to the point

不得要領

putteg-iaolerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg-iaux'lerng [[...]] 

pointless, vague

不得要領

putteg-iaolerng 不得要領 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg-iaux'lerng [[...]] 

不得要領

putteg-iaolerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'iaux(-lerng) [[...]][i#] [p.211]

SV : pointless, vague

不得要領

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