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bøzhae-kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae'kafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

waste of effort, in vain, wasted effort

徒勞,沒用

• Ykefng sie khix ax, khaq zuosia ia bøzhaykafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sie khix ax, khaq zux'sia ia bøo'zhae'kafng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is already dead, any more injections are a wasted effort.
  已經死了,再打針也沒用。

• Bøzhaykafng, maix siulie, bea sin'ee khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'zhae'kafng, maix siw'lie, bea syn'ee khaq hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It is waste of time, better to buy a new one.
  浪費時間,不要修了,買新的比較好。

zoadlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

dead end, impasse, a road with no return, retreat or cut off

絕路

• Ykefng zoadlo af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng zoat'lo af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  no ways and means are left
  已經絕路了。

ykefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'kefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

already, This word is always used together with the final particle "a" to mean something has been or had been completed or finished. (The tone of "a" is always the same as the tone of the word which precedes it.)

已經

• Y ykefng laai af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ie'kefng laai af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He has already come.
  他已經來了。

• Y ykefng sykhix af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ie'kefng sie'khix af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is dead. He has been dead.
  他已經死了。

• Ykefng sviw ban af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sviw ban af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  already too late
  已經太晚了。

khakteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khag'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]

decision, make a definite decision

確定

• Goarn khakteng boeq khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goarn khag'teng boeq khix.; Goarn khag'teng bøeq khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Definitely we are going.
  我們確定要去。

• Ykefng khakteng af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng khag'teng af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It has already been decided.
  已經確定了。

thørhøfhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøx'hør'hør [[...]][i#] [p.]

plan beforehand, premeditate already

已經預謀好了

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