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Bøo hii, hee ma hør. 🗣 (u: Bøo hii, hee ma hør.) 無魚，蝦嘛好。 [wt][mo] Bô hî, hê mā hó. [#]

1. () || 捉不到魚，捉到蝦子也好。比喻退而求其次，聊勝於無。

🗣le: Sviu'beq ciah kym'koef'thngf, soaq kuy zhaix'chi'ar lorng bøo laang teq be kym'koef, “bøo hii, hee ma hør”, kyn'ar'jit sefng bea tafng'koef tngr laai'khix kuun paai'kud'thngf. (想欲食金瓜湯，煞規菜市仔攏無人咧賣金瓜，「無魚，蝦嘛好」，今仔日先買冬瓜轉來去𤉙排骨湯。) (想喝南瓜湯，整個菜市場卻沒有人賣南瓜，「退而求其次」，今天先買冬瓜回家煮排骨湯。)
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