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bøzhuiezuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhuix'zuie [[...]][i#] [p.]

person who doesn't know how to flatter

不會講好話

zawzuyar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'zuie'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

petty businessman who picks up small items to do business on his own account, sometimes smuggling goods on a small scale as a single individual

跑單幫

• Y ka'ti bøo tiaxm, sofie lorng teq zøx zawzuyar senglie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kaf'ti bøo tiaxm, sor'ie lorng teq zøx zao'zuie'ar sefng'lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He doesn't' have a store so he can only sell goods here and there to do business.
  他自己沒有店,所以都在做流動生意。

zuyzurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'zurn [[...]][i#] [p.]

water level, standard

水準

• Taioaan ee bunhoax ee zuyzurn cyn koaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'oaan ee buun'hoax ee zuie'zurn cyn koaan. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Taiwanese culture has a very high standard.
  臺灣的文化水準很高。

• bøo kaux zuyzurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo kaux zuie'zurn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  doesn't come up to the standard
  不夠水準

zuyhøea bøzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'hoea bøo'zeeng; zuie'høea bøo'zeeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

water and fire have no feelings

水火無情

Zuykuie kiøx paysui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zuie'kuie kiøx pae'sui [[...]][i#] [p.]

bad company getting you onto trouble (Lit. water ghost encouraging individual to jump into water and drown)

壞人的邀請

• Lirn maix ciøf y, zoaan cit koar zuykuie kiøx paysui, bøo høftai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lirn maix ciøf y, zoaan cit koar zuie'kuie kiøx pae'sui, bøo hør'tai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't come looking for him, you always get him into trouble, you never do anything good.
  你們不用來找他,都是一些壞事,不會有好事。

zuun koex, zuie bøo huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuun koex, zuie bøo huun; zuun køex, zuie bøo huun [[...]][i#] [p.]

ship left no wake, ungrateful, ingratitude

船過水無痕,忘恩負義。

iuzuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuu'zuie [[...]][i#] [p.]

side profit or outside gaining in a deal such as kickbacks, well off

油水,闊氣,有錢

• bøo iuzuie thafng khax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo iuu'zuie thafng khax [[...]][i#] [p.]
  no side profit or kickbacks to gain
  沒有油水可敲

• Y cym'ar cyn iuzuie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cirm'ar cyn iuu'zuie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is well off now.
  他現在很闊氣。

kotaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'taf [[...]][i#] [p.]

dried up (trees)

枯焦

• Bøo zuie, chiuar soaq kotaf khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo zuie, chiu'ar soaq kof'taf khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The tree died for lack of water.
  沒有水,樹木枯焦了。

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

go through, to cross, past, a time (as once, twice etc.), burn away to ashes (as wood, coal, candle), to pass over, sign of passive or of work done on a thing

過,次

• Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have been there twice.
  那兒去過兩次。

• Cid khoarn laqzeg (hoefthvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn lah'zeg (hoea'thvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kind of candle (charcoal) burns down very quickly.
  這種蠟燭(木炭) 很容易燒完。

• Cid niar svaf iawboe sefkoex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf iao'boe sea'koex.; Cid'niar svaf iao'bøe søea'køex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This shirt has not been washed.
  這件衣服還未洗過。

• bøo koex kurn ee zuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo koex kurn ee zuie; (bøo kurn'koex ee zuie) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  un-boiled water
  未煮開的水

søeakhurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'khurn; søex'khurn [[...]][i#] [p.]

bacteria, germs, microbes

細菌

• bøo seakhurn ee zuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo sex'khurn ee zuie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  sterile water
  無菌水

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