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be koeagiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be koex'giexn; bøe køex'giexn [[...]][i#] [p.]

insatiable taste or craving for pleasure, never satisfied, always requesting or asking for more

不過癮

• Y lym cit koaxn ciuo iao be koeagiexn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y lym cit koaxn ciuo iao be koex'giexn.; Y lym cit koaxn ciuo iao bøe køex'giexn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is never satisfied drinking only one bottle of wine.
  他喝一瓶酒還不過癮。

zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar; zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)

常常被罵

• Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, mxkuo tviaxtvia teq zøx zhaothaau ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, m'kuo tvia'tvia teq zøx zhaux'thaau kef'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is not all that bad but people always like to scold him.
  他人也不壞,不過常常被罵。

goaxheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goa'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

appearance or features

外型

• Goaxheeng si bae, mxkuo laixpo khvoax bextiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goa'heeng si bae, m'kuo lai'po khvoax be'tiøh.; Goa'heeng si bae, m'kuo lai'po khvoax bøe'tiøh. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't judge a book by it's cover. (Lit. The outward appearance is bad but the inside can't be seen.)
  外形不好看,不過內部看不到。

hogku [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hok'ku [[...]][i#] [p.]

return to the past, to restore it like it was before

復古

• U kae cyn ze, mxkuo u laang korng aix hogku khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U kae cyn ze, m'kuo u laang korng aix hok'ku khaq hør.; U kae cyn zøe, m'kuo u laang korng aix hok'ku khaq hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It was changed very much but people say that it was better before.
  有改很多,不過有人說要復古比較好。

itkhaix jilun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'khaix jii'lun [[...]][i#] [p.]

treat (different matters) as the same, stereotype

一概而論

• Hid laixbin u phvae ee bøo mxtiøh, mxkuo bextaxng itkhaix jilun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid lai'bin u phvae ee bøo m'tiøh, m'kuo be'taxng id'khaix jii'lun.; Hid'lai'bin u phvae ee bøo m'tiøh, m'kuo bøe'taxng id'khaix jii'lun. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There are bad people connected with that group, but you should not stereotype them.
  那裡面有壞的沒錯,不過不能一概而論。

køx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køx; (koex) [[...]][i#] [p.]

error, fault, transgression, sin of ignorance

過

• zoexkøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoe'køx [[...]][i#] [p.]
  crime and fault
  罪過

• kaykøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'køx [[...]][i#] [p.]
  reform (one's faults)
  改過

• putkøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'køx [[...]][i#] [p.]
  merely, no more than, but
  不過

koeakøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'koex; koex'køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

look down on, unpleasing to the eye

不過如此,不順眼

mxkuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'kuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

but

可是,但是,不過,然而

phahputbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'pud'bok [[...]][i#] [p.]

help victims of injustice, fall out, suddenly turn hostile

打抱不平,翻臉

• Yn pwnlaai si nar hviati lef, mxkuo cym'ar ykefng phahputbok af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn purn'laai si nar hviaf'ti lef, m'kuo cirm'ar ie'kefng phaq'pud'bok af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Formerly they were like brothers but now they have turned hostile.
  他們本來是像兄弟似的,不過現在已經翻臉了。

putjixkøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'ji'køx [[...]][i#] [p.]

however, nevertheless, merely, only

不過

putkøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'køx [[...]][i#] [p.]

merely, no more than, however

不過

• Goar putkøx si cit ee phofthonglaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar pud'køx si cit ee phor'thofng'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am no more than an ordinary man.
  我不過是一個普通人。

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