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Bad thaity ciaq zaiviar tølo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bad thaai'ty ciaq zay'viar tøf'lo. [[...]][i#] [p.]

learn by experience (Idiom. He who slaughters pigs knows how meat should be cut.)

曾殺豬才知道刀法。

bøviar bøciaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'viar bøo'ciaq (bøo'viar bøo'jiaq) [[...]][i#] [p.]

certainly not, groundless, unfounded

毫無根據,無稽之談

• bøviar bøciaq ee taixcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'viar bøo'ciaq ee tai'cix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  falsehood, a pure fabrication
  毫無根據的事

boefaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boea'af [[...]][i#] [p.]

at the end, at last

後來

• Taixsefng lorng mxzaiviar, kaux boefaf ciaq zaiviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'sefng lorng m'zay'viar, kaux boea'af ciaq zay'viar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  At first I didn't know anything about it, it was only later on that understood it.
  起先都不知道,後來才知道。

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

not until, then and only then, not before, provided that, unless, not until after, only after, namely, some action will not take place unless or until a previous action has occurred or some specific circumstance is fulfilled

才

• Goar ciah par ciaq boeq khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ciah par ciaq boeq khix. Goar ciah par ciaq bøeq khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am not going until after I have finished eating.
  我吃過飯才要去。

• Thienzuo ciaq zaiviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thiefn'zuo ciaq zay'viar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Only God knows.
  天主才知道。

• U sidzai khvoarkvix ciaq thafng korng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U sit'zai khvoax'kvix ciaq thafng korng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Only if you really saw it, may you speak.
  要確實看見才可以說。

• U pexbuo ciaq u larn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U pe'buo ciaq u larn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There had to be parents before we were.
  先有父母才有我們。

viafciaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: viar'ciaq [[...]][i#] [p.]

mark, traces, vestige

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