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arm'øqar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'øh'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

night school

夜校

boviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boo'viu [[...]][i#] [p.]

model, example (spiritual or moral), a style, manner, a fashion

模樣

• hør boviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør boo'viu (phvae boo'viu) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good example (bad example)
  好(壞)模樣

• øh laang ee boviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: øh laang ee boo'viu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  imitate someone's example
  學人的模樣

boexzeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boe'zeng bøe'zeng (bi'zeng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

never before, before

未曾

• Boexzeng øh kviaa, ciu (sefng) boeq øh poef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boe'zeng øh kviaa, ciu (sefng) boeq øh poef. Bøe'zeng øh kviaa, ciu (sefng) bøeq øh pøef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Before I learned to walk, I already was thinking about flying.
  未曾學走,就想學飛。

• Boexzeng sviu viaa, sefng sviu sw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boe'zeng sviu viaa, sefng sviu sw. Bøe'zeng sviu viaa, sefng sviu sw. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Before you think of winning, first think of losing.
  未想贏,就想輸。

• Boexzeng keaafng ciw svekviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boe'zeng kex'afng ciw svef'kviar. Bøe'zeng kex'afng ciu svef'kviar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Before she got married, she had a child.
  未曾嫁人就生子。

zho'po [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'po [[...]][i#] [p.]

first step, elementary steps, a primer

初步

• Citpurn si øh Taioaan-oe ee zho'po. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid purn si øh Taai'oaan'oe ee zhof'po. Cid'purn si øh Taai'oaan-oe ee zhof'po. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This book is a primer for learning to speak Taiwanese.
  這本是學台灣話的初步。

ciabciap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciap'ciap [[...]][i#] [p.]

very often, constantly

常常

• ciabciap korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciap'ciap korng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  constantly talking
  常常講

• ciabciap øh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciap'ciap øh [[...]][i#] [p.]
  constantly learning or practicing
  常常學習

zokkiern zuxpak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zog'kiern zu'pak [[...]][i#] [p.]

silkworm to be imprisoned by its cocoon, to tie one's own hands, to get into trouble by one's own schemes

作繭自縛

• Lie øh ciah mo'huy, bengbeeng si teq zokkiern zuxpak. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie øh ciah moo'huy, beeng'beeng si teq zog'kiern zu'pak. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You will get yourself into trouble by learning to take morphine.
  你學吃嗎啡,明明是在作繭自縛。

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