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an'urn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

peaceful and steady; tranquility; peaceful; free from danger

安穩

ang'ii sun oexboea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sorceress collecting ideas from the questions asked so as to give suitable answers; said of taking the cue from what someone says so as to speak to please someone

尪姨順話尾; 順著人的語意而言; 阿諛

anjieen bu'iong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

completely uninjured; completely free from trouble

安然無恙

anthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

entombment; set down the coffin aside the grave for burial; to perform rites to cure a pregnant woman or a child suffering from the consequences of tang-tho

安土

armcvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

an arrow shot from hiding; a secret attack; secret arrow; secret activities designed to hurt somebody

暗箭

armliam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

recite; repeat from memory; recite from memory; recitation

暗唸; 默唸; 背誦; 背念

armpvoaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

price or quotation which is kept from public knowledge but made known to a selected few

暗盤

armsia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

shot from the hiding; allude to

暗射; 暗中影射

armsiar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

write from memory

默寫

auxoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

reinforcement from the rear; support

後援

axm laang ee cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make secret unfair gains from another's money

侵佔他人的錢

bafnbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

face depilation; moult; pluck out hair from a woman's face

挽面; 修面

bagsaykøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gum(from eye); eye mucus

眼屎; 目屎膏

baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

bury; unrecognized (talent); conceal from recognition; bury one's talents

埋沒

bat'høex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

able to evaluate wares correctly; able to judge the worth of an artistic work; able to tell good from bad

識貨

baxnbuu itsid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

freedom from all error or defect; infallibility; absolutely safe or sure; certain to succeed

萬無一失

baxnsiong kengsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

all things change from old to new; a new year; (ever ancient; ever new)

萬象更新

beng putkay zoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

not destined to die (said of one who has had a narrow escape from death)

命不該絕

beqafkhngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

bran from wheat

麥仔糠

beqthøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

wrappers worn either outside the stocking or in place of stockings as a protection from chafing with shoes

襪套

biedkhiør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

kill a person to prevent him from disclosing a secret

滅口

biefn'egsexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

immunity from infection

免疫性

biefn'iah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

exempt from military service; exempt from conscription

免役

biefnheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

exempt from punishment

免刑

biefnlea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be excused from usual courtesy gestures

免禮

biefnsiuo taixzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

dispensed from fasting; dispensation from fasting (Catholic term)

免守大齋

biefntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

give quittance; relieve from obligations

免除

bihho [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

seek shelter from rain

匿雨; 避雨

bin sitseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

turn white from fear

面失色

bixliawieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

ties (connections) carried over from the previous life (Buddhist)

未了緣

boabak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

grind Chin; inkcake on slab; prepare liquid ink from an ink stick

磨墨

boadcioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

the last general; the last general from previous dynasty

末將

boeqthøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

wrappers worn either outside the stocking or in place of stockings as a protection from chafing with shoes

襪套

bogthvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

charcoal from wood

木炭

bongbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

hegira; decamp; go into exile; escape from crime; flee from one's country; seek refuge

亡命

bongpex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

becloud; hoodwink; dust the eyes of; deceive; swindle; hide truth from a superior

蒙蔽

bugieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

refrain from speaking; outspeak; speechless

無言

buncid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

civil post as distinct from military post

文職

bungienbuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

the written language used in old China which is vastly different from the spoken language

文言文

bunkøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

public notice; announcement in writing; manifesto; message from the president issued on an important occasion

文告

buntarn'iu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

type of shaddock; a pomelo from Moa-tau

文旦; 文旦柚

byciuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

rice wine; rice wine; the cheapest wine made from rice

米酒

bykhngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

rice bran; rice chaff; rice-bran separated from the rice by mortar and pestle

米糠

byphafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

puffed rice; rice crispy; confection made from puffed rice; rolls made of puffed rice sweeten with sugar

米香; 米花餅

chiagiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

toss restlessly from side to side; be constantly moving from one situation to another

車夯; 無事找事

chiapoaqperng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

repetitiousness; dacapo; redouble; toss restlessly from side to side; be constantly moving from one situation to another

亂滾; 車跌並; 輾轉翻覆; 換來換去

chiaujieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

unprejudiced; aloof from; with a detached air

超然

chiauto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to release souls from purgatory; assist a soul to get deliverance from punishment be born into this world again (Buddhism)

超度

chienjip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

move in from another place

遷入

chienlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

blame another for one's own blunder; failure; shift one's anger from one person to another

遷怒

chienno [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

blame another for one's own blunder; failure; shift one's anger from one person to another

遷怒

chiensafn baxnsuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a thousand mountains and rivers; distant places; journey from afar..

千山萬水

chienzoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to move the tomb to another place; remove a body from one grave to another

遷葬

chietzhøf-tokmoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to learn from each other by an exchange of views

切蹉琢磨

chinsvef pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

one's own parents as distinct from foster parents or step parents

親生父母

chinzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

kiss; spoken right from one's own mouth; to state personally; straight from the horse's mouth

親嘴; 親口

chiørpoef^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

two ear-like bamboo devices used in divination; when one throw the devices and it touch down with both devices face upward; it means the God is laughing; he is allowed to throw the devices again.; cast two small moon-shaped pieces of wood; round on one side and flat on the other; to seek an answer from a spirit (When both flat sides come up; the answer is uncertain.)

筊面朝上; 笑筊

chiøx piin bøo chiøx chiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

look down on the poor and look up to the rich no matter where their money come from

笑貧不笑娼

Chitniumar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a woman weaver; goddess of the Pleiades; the seven daughters of Atlas placed among the stars to save them from Orion. The invisible one hides either from grief or shame; the stars in the constellation Taurus

七娘媽; 織女

chitthofng pattat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

very erudite; know everything; with facilities of communication; accessible from all directions

七通八達

chitzeeng liog'iok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Buddhism: the seven emotions -happiness (喜); anger (怒); sorrow (哀); joy (樂); love (愛); hate (恨); and desire (慾)-- and the six sensory pleasures derived from the eyes; ears; nose; tongue; body and mind

七情六慾

ciaothaulaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

from the beginning

照頭來; 照順序

ciap'hofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to give a reception in honor of a guest from afar; give a reception in honor of some newly arrived person

接風

ciapsaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

limousine service; receive and send off guests or visitors; transportation to and from a certain place

接送

ciaqpien niafpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

not worry about where the next meal is coming from

吃便領便; 無需為生計操勞

ciarphøq^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

refuse left after sugar is extracted from cane

蔗渣

cibkirm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

collection of heterogeneous passages from various literary sources; a hodgepodge

集錦

cibsw kofng'eg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

canvass various opinions and benefit from them

集思廣益

cidtøf zoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

one bundle of paper folded all into one from 25 sheets to 360 sheets

一包紙; 一紮紙; 一刀紙

cidzhuix thoaan cidcih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

news passed from mouth to mouth

一嘴傳一舌; 相傳很快

cienchiaf cy kaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

learn from the failure of one's predecessor

前車之鑑

ciernpøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

war report; war bulletins; reports from the battle front

戰報

cinsim'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sincere talk; words from the bottom of one's heart

真心話

cinsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

(adj) sincere; heartfelt; from the bottom of one's heart; real or actual intention; sincere; sincerity

真心

ciok'hoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

have actually reached a certain age as distinct from the Chinese way of counting age; which makes a person one year old at the time of birth

足歲

ciongjit^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

all day long; from morning till night; throughout the day

終日

cionglaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

hereafter; future; in the future; after time; from the beginning (used only in negative expressions)

將來

ciongthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

from the beginning

從頭

ciongthaau kaoboea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

from the start to the end; throughout

從頭到尾

ciongtiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

in the process of doing something; from the inside of something; in the middle

從中

ciongzhuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

from now on

從此

cioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

obey; follow; to yield; listen to; obey; from; by; whence; through; undertake; manage; dedicate oneself to; an attendant

從

cioong thiefn jii kaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

descend from heaven (literally) very unexpectedly; deus ex machina

從天而降

ciorngbuun hofzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

capable young man from a distinguished family

將門虎子

ciorngleng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

an order by a general; orders from the general (military)

將令

ciøhhoef hiernput [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

get things from another person to entertain one's own guest (Lit. borrow flowers to offer to Buddha)

借花獻佛

ciøhkaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

learn a lesson from another person's experience

借鏡; 借鑑

ciøhkviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

learn a lesson from another person's experience

借鏡; 借鑑

ciøqbøar-sym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

man in the middle; coordinator; mediator; a person who suffers complaints from both disputants (Lit. pivot bar or center of the upper and lower mill stones)

石磨仔心; 中人; 斡旋者

ciøqkøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

lit. snake cage; stones rapped in a metal web on the bank of a river to keep the soil from washing away

蛇籠

ciørbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to reflect face from a mirror; look into a mirror; illuminate the face

照面; 照臉

cirnhviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to offer incense; offer incense; bring incense from a more sacred temple

進香

ciuxkin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

nearby; from the nearest source

就近

ciuxpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

do something in the course of doing something else more important (the additional task does not involve too much trouble or divert one's attention from his main work); by the way

順便; 趁便; 就便

ciuxte-zhwzaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to obtain material from local sources

就地取材

cviarpaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

original or real thing; the real thing as distinct from imitation products

正牌

cvikhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to get free from

掙開

cviuxhøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to light up fire; to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

上火

cviuxhvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

disembark; to go ashore; to go on shore (from a ship)

上岸

cvyiaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

salt from a well

井鹽

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