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bøexhiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao bøe'hiao [[...]][i#] [p.]

do not know how to (affirmative form is øexhiao)

不會

• Bexhiao sayzuun hiaam khef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn. Bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The person who can't navigate a boat says the river is too winding.
  不會開船嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Bexhiao siuu, khanthoaf laxnphaf toa khiuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa khiuu. Bøe'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa kiuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  blame the hammer when you don't drive the nail straight, blame others or other things for personal skills being insufficient (Lit. Don't know how to swim because scrotum is too big.)
  不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Cid kux ee iesux goar bexhiao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kux ee ix'sux goar be'hiao. Cid kux ee ix'sux goar bøe'hiao. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know the meaning of this sentence, don't know how to explain it.
  這句的意思我不懂。

• Goar bexhiao saychiaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao sae'chiaf. Goar bøe'hiao sae'chiaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know how to drive a car.
  我不會開車。

• Goar bexhiao korng Enggie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao korng Efng'gie. Goar bøe'hiao korng Efng'gie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) speak English.
  我不會講英語。

• Goar bexhiao eng ti ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao eng ti ciah. Goar bøe'hiao eng ti ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) eat with chopsticks.
  我不會用筷子吃飯。

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

find fault with, to blame, object to, dislike

嫌棄

• Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sofzai, ciaq køq laai chitthøo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sor'zai, ciaq køq laai chid'thøo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have no objections to a poor place, come back for a visit.
  你要是不嫌棄地方不好,請再來玩。

• Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  She does not want to marry me, because she has an objection to my poverty.
  她嫌我窮,不要嫁我。

• hiaam kuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam kuix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  object to the high price of something
  嫌貴

• hiaam tafng hiaam say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam tafng hiaam say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be discontented with everything
  吹毛求疵

• bexhiao sayzuun hiaam khef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn. bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A poor skipper blames the winding river.
  不會開船,嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

sayzuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae'zuun [[...]][i#] [p.]

sail a boat

駕船,開船,駛船

• Bexhiao sayzuun hiaam khef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn. Bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bad workman never has a good tool.
  不會開船嫌溪灣,不怪自己,反而怨天尤人。

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