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ad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

bend; break; snap off; break; bend or snap off things that have ki as their classifier

折; 軋; 遏

afnnar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

how about that; afnzvoar

按那; 如何; 怎麼樣

angbeflør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

cornelian; shrub or small tree that bears a small edible scarlet berry

紅瑪瑙

angbofzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

feelings that exist between a husband and a wife

翁某情; 夫妻情份

aohoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

lousy goods; things that have rotted or spoiled; merchandise that has spoiled or rotted; poor worthless fellow

爛貨; 賤貨

armkozee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

cicada; a large insect that makes a shrill sound

蟬

armpozee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

cicada; a large insect that makes a shrill sound

蟬

baxnsiexntoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

slowpoke; container or place for placing bones of deceased that are not picked up by relatives

做事慢半拍; 萬善堂

beng'oafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make known that one is being falsely charged; redress a grievance

伸冤; 鳴冤

biauxchiuo hoezhwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

the hand that cures (used to describe a good physician)

妙手回春

biefnkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

not need to say; exempts discussed; indescribable; says nothing of; no need to speak; no need to talk about it; there is nothing that need be said; don't talk about it

免講; 不用講; 不必說; 免談

bixbiern [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

unavoidable; rather; a bit too; truly; it must be admitted that; necessarily; unavoidably

未免

bixsox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

monosodium glutamate(MSG); gourmet powder; Ajinomoto; monosodium glutamate; a condiment used extensively in Taiwan cooking that is very tasty but also very hard on digestive tract

味素

boefgee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

year-end dinner for employees; 16th day of 12th month in the lunar calendar; year-end dinner given by a shop owner to entertain his employees on the 16th of the twelfth moon; during which an employee would know that he will not be hired for the coming year if the head of a cooked chicken is pointed at his seat

尾牙

boefhoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

last member of a private lending association in which each member puts in a deposited amount of money each month and they bid on who will get the money each month. The one with the lowest bid gets the money that month

尾會

boghuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

can it be possible that; could it be; certainly; surely; can it be that

莫非

bogkhofng itzhex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

so conceited that nothing enters his eyes; very arrogant

目空一切

bogkoaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

no wonder; no wonder that; please excuse

莫怪; 怪不得; 怨不得; 難怪

bogtiofng bujiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

so arrogant that no one is important in his eyes

目中無人

bong'iw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

forget about things that make you sad

忘憂

bøfky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

machine that makes other machines; mother aircraft; airplane which tows gliders

母機

bøkaopurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

loss of capital; under cost (a phrase common in commercial circles when a buyer or seller quotes a price that is under cost)

無夠本

bølun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

no matter that; no matter what; who or when

無論; 不論

bøzhøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

no mistake; quite sure; assured; can't go wrong; correct; without error; no mistake; That's right! Not bad! Right on!

無錯; 不錯; 沒錯

buhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that is; nothing but

無非

bukhar putseeng sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

it happened that...; There would have been no story to tell but for that coincidence

無巧不成書

buntofng hoxtuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

well-matched; a married couple that get along well together

門當戶對

busor put'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

there is nothing that (he) will not do (generally refers to evil); given to every vice

無所不為

busor putzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

there is nothing that (he) will not do (generally refers to evil); given to every vice

無所不作

busor-putzog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

there is nothing that (he) will not do (generally refers to evil); given to every vice

無所不作; 無所不為

bytiofng putciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

flaw that mars perfection

美中不足

Chiahkhaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Taiwanese aboriginal village that eventually became the capital of the whole island and developed into the modern-day Tainan

赤崁

chienlie-bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a winged steed; a horse that covers thousand li a day

千里馬

chienlie-garn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a farsighted person; farsightedness; (in mythology) eyesight that can reach the sky

千里眼

chienlie-khw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a horse that covers thousand li a day

千里駒; 千里馬

chionghie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

arrange a wedding for a very ill young man with the hope that the event of great joy will drive away his bad luck and hasten his recovery (an old Chinese custom)

沖喜

chiongkoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

extreme anger that makes the hair stand on end and raises the cap one's wearing

衝冠

chitkhaux-pøehtii^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

various discounts; deductions; run up a heavy list of deductions and countercharges, making out that there is very little, if anything, to be paid

七扣八除

chitkhaux-pøehtuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

run up a heavy list of deductions and countercharges, making out that there is very little, if anything, to be paid

七扣八除

ciah-bøe løqkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

can't swallow; it won't go down; food that is not good or poor quality; have no appetite

吃未落去; 吃不下

ciah-bøexkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

can't eat that much

吃未去; 吃不完

ciah-bøexliao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

can't eat that much

吃未了; 吃不完

ciahsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that is

才是

ciaothvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

divide expenses according to the stake or share that each has

分攤

ciaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

just; immediately; the spine; bird; eyelashes; a mark; footprints; not until; then and only then; not before; provided that; unless; not until after; only after; namely; some action will not take place unless or until a previous action has occurred or some specific circumstance is fulfilled

才; 即; 脊; 隻; 睫; 跡; 蹟

ciaqcviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

starch a garment or material; starch clothing; cloth or clothes that are starched

吃漿; 上漿

ciaqgvi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

describe a personality that won't obey without pressure

吃硬

cin jinsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

do everything one ought to do and hope that fate will take care of the rest

盡人事

ciofng kex ciu kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

adapt one's scheme to that of the opponent; deal with an opponent by taking advantage of his plan

將計就計

ciu hitjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

in that date

就彼日

ciuokw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

insect that eats trees; grains

蛀虫; 蚜虫; 蛀龜

ciwliau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a dish that goes with wine

下酒菜; 酒料

cixn'u [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to have everything that one expects to find; whatever one has

盡有; 所有的

cviartngsii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

right at that time

正當時

cykviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

I am only afraid that...; I suspect that..

只怕

cymoexphiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

twin literary products usually by the same author that run in the same vein

姊妹篇

cyzhuo-ji'ie^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that's all

只此而已

erngpan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that should be handled (said of tasks; business; etc)

應辦

gea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to pinch or hold with the fingers; to look askance; to call on someone respectfully; tooth that grows in old age

捏; 睨; 詣; 齯; 斜眼看人

gegliuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

reverse current; something that goes against the flow; adverse current

逆流

giaxmsiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

examine and accept (buildings; goods; etc) after ascertaining that the quality or quantity meets requirements

驗收

gixbiør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

relationship somewhat like that of godmother; cf.; khe-bo

義母

gixbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

relationship somewhat like that of godmother; cf.; khe-bo

義母

goanlaai juzhuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

I see; Now I understand what you mean So; that's what it is!

原來如此

goanzoe thoanseeng lun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

theory that the soul as well as the body is passed on to the offspring or inherited from parents; Traducianism

原罪傳承論; 靈魂遺傳說

goaxkhiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

field service; field work involving running around; job which involves activities mostly outside the office (such as that of a news reporter)

外勤

gokhitefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

nail that looks like the mouth of a leech or u-shaped; has two heads

蜈蜞釘; 水蛭釘

goxbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

five counts of animal that has tail without legs (fish, snake, worm, etc)

五尾

goxngkafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

kind of work that you don't have to use brains to do; to work but employer cheats you out of your pay

工作拿不到錢; 沒有成就的工作; 憨工

goxngkiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gambling that you can't win at

笨的賭博法; 憨賭

goxsiesvaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; nondescript; to add thing that have nothing to do with the matter

五四三; 不倫不類; 無關緊要的話

guii zai tarnsek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

city under enemy attack that may fall at any moment; a patient critically ill and may die soon; dying

危在旦夕

gusiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gadfly; stinging fly that attacks cattle

牛蠅

hagtiaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

diploma mill; a school that is interested in making money in total disregard of the student's scholastic progress

學店

hai`laq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that's bad

糟了; 害了

hai`løq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that's bad

害了

Hanlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Cold Dew; a solar period that arrives about October 8-22

寒露

haokof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make offerings to a spirit that has no descendants, to eat (used in scolding)

孝孤; 吃飯 (粗話); 祭孤魂; 祭無緣佛; 孝孤

haxbuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

words that follow; statement that follows

下文

hef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that; it

那個; 那; 噓

hegciax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

or else; it may be that

或者; 或許

hengzeg khøfgii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

behavior or manner that arouses suspicion

行跡可疑

hexngkoea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make a present of cakes and various other things that have been offered to the spirits

送粿(家有喜事時)

hiahniq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that kind; that sort; such; so; as... as..

那麼; 那樣

hid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that one; that (always followed by a measure)

彼; 那; 那個

hiexnjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that day; the same day; that very day

現日; 當天; 當日

hiexnkii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

for the time being; during that time

現期; 即期

hin bøextaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

my great regret is that I am unable to…; I wish I could…

恨不得; 恨不能

hit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that

那; 彼

hit'axm^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that night

那夜

hit'e [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that

那下

hit'e'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that one

那下仔

hit'ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that; it

那個

hit'ee-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that guy

那個人

hit'hang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that kind

彼項

hit'hø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that sort or kind; that number

那號; 那種

hit'ui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

there; that place

彼位; 那裡

hit'viu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that kind; that sort

彼樣; 那樣

hitciaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that; it

那隻

hitcidjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

that day

那一日

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