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babok-putjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baa'bok'pud'jiin; baa'bok-pud'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

numbed, paralyzed, unsympathetic, unfeeling

麻木不仁

bok putseg tefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok pud'seg tefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

not to know a single word, ignorant

目不識丁

hiwbok putkhør tiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiuo'bok pud'khør tiaw [[...]][i#] [p.]

rotten wood cannot be carved

朽木不可雕

jiok iaux jiin putty, ti'huy kie bog'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiok iaux jiin pud'ty, tii'huy kie bok'uii [[...]][i#] [p.]

The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it.

若要人不知,除非己莫為

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。

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

unfriendly, at enmity, at variance, not on good terms

不睦

sie pud bengbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie pud beeng'bok [[...]][i#] [p.]

be unwilling to die (because of some unfinished tasks, unfulfilled wishes, intensive grudge)

死不瞑目

suo pud bengbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suo pud beeng'bok [[...]][i#] [p.]

be unwilling to die (because of some unfinished tasks, unfulfilled wishes, intensive grudge)

死不瞑目

tiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaw [[...]][i#] [p.]

tattoo, carve, to paint, engrave, adorn or decorate

彫,雕

• hiwbok putkhør tiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiuo'bok pud'khør tiaw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rotten wood cannot be carved — a bad natured person cannot receive moral instruction
  朽木不可雕

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