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aonao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aux'nao [[...]][i#] [p.]

angry, vexed, displeased, feeling of impatience

懊惱

• Y bin aotuxtu, mxzay teq aonao symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bin aux'tu'tu, m'zay teq aux'nao sirm'miq? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He looks grave (vexed or angry), I wonder what he is angry about.
  他繃著臉,不知在懊惱什麼 ?

• Baxnsu pud ju'ix, goar cyn aonao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ban'su pud juu'ix, goar cyn aux'nao. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Everything did not go as planned (expected), I am upset (vexed).
  萬事不如意,我很懊惱。

baxnsu ju'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'su juu'ix [[...]][i#] [p.]

everything succeeded just as desired - the fulfillment of every wish or desire

萬事如意

• Ciog lie baxnsu ju'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciog lie ban'su juu'ix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  May everything goes as you would like.
  祝你萬事如意。

• Baxnsu pud ju'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ban'su pud juu'ix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Everything did not go as planned.
  萬事不如意

bexkaokhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'kaux'khuix bøe'kaux'khuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

can't be satisfied

不能滿意

• Zøx na bexkaokhuix putjuu maix zøx khaq viaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx na be'kaux'khuix pud'juu maix zøx khaq viaa. Zøx/Zøex na bøe'kaux'khuix pud'juu maix zøx khaq viaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you can't do it so you are satisfied it best not to do it at all.
  做得不滿意,不如不做比較好。

ciesie putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cix'sie pud'juu [[...]][i#] [p.]

remain faithful until death

至死不渝

zuxthaxn putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'thaxn pud'juu [[...]][i#] [p.]

admit with regret that one is not so great, concede that the other fellow is better qualified

自歎不如

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

art, skill, talent, craft, dexterity

藝

• Sux zuo chienkym putjuu kaux zuo itge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn'kym pud'juu kaux zuo id'ge. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Better to teach your son a trade (artistic skill) than give him a thousand pieces of gold.
  賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

gegsuie hengciw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gek'suie heeng'ciw [[...]][i#] [p.]

boat going against the stream, sail a boat against the current

逆水行舟

• Hak juu gegsuie hengciw, putcixn zekthex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hak juu gek'suie heeng'ciw, pud'cixn zeg'thex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Learning is like sailing a boat up stream, you have to keep progressing or be pushed backwards.
  學如逆水行舟,不進則退。

høfthaau putjuu høfbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'thaau pud'juu hør'boea hør'thaau pud'juu hør'bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]

A good end is more important than a good beginning.

好始不如好終,好頭不如好尾)。

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