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arpax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ax'pax [[...]][i#] [p.]

selfish, covetous, tyrannical, usurp

霸道,專橫

• Y cyn arpax, lorng bøo sviu padlaang ee libtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn ax'pax, lorng bøo sviu pat'laang ee lip'tviuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He thinks of no one but himself.
  他很霸道,都不想別人的立場。

• Y bad arpax laang ee zhanhngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bad ax'pax laang ee zhaan'hngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He encroached on other people's land.
  他曾霸佔人的田園。

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

duck, drake

鴨子

• Chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzay sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh'pvoax'aq'ar m'zay sie.; Chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay sie.; (Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar m zay sie'oah.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  unaware of impending calamity (Refers to a duck in the middle of the seventh month, when ducks are usually offered to the spirits of the dead, yet do not know enough to fear death. — Similar to a turkey just before Thanksgiving), used to scold someone who is without fear in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  危在旦夕,還不知。

• ah'afzhuix borng løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar'zhuix borng løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make an attempt or ask a favor with very small hope of success but may just as well make the attempt (like a duck's bill dabbling about in the air while eating)
  姑妄要求

• ah'ar thviaf luii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar thviaf luii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hear what someone says but cannot understand (like a duck hearing thunder not knowing what all the noise is about)
  鴨子聽打雷,聽不懂

• ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee; aq'bør/buo-tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  flat footed clumsily gaited person (Lit. sole of a duck's foot), a man whose foot is very broad and flat at the instep instead of having the usual concave)
  平板腳

ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq; (paq) [[...]][i#] [p.]

one hundred (used as a substitute some times for pah but never used for any sum less than two hundred)

百

• nngxahkao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng'aq'kao; (six'aq'peq) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  $290 ($480)
  兩百玖(肆百捌)

• sieahchid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'aq'chid; (go'aq'siab'lak) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  $470 ($546)
  四百柒(伍百肆拾陸)

armpvoaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'pvoaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

price or quotation which is kept from public knowledge but made known to a selected few

暗盤

armsorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'sorng [[...]][i#] [p.]

internally very happy about something but don't want to show it externally

暗地高興

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

tight

緊

• Pak bøo aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pak bøo aan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tied but not tight, not tied tight
  沒綁緊

• Chiwthaau cyn aan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiuo'thaau cyn aan. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  lacking money
  手頭很緊

• Pak ho aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pak ho aan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to tie tight, tied tight
  綁緊

angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'paw [[...]][i#] [p.]

gift or bribe, a packet of money usually wrapped in red paper or in a red envelope presented as a tip, for congratulatory purposes or as a farewell present

紅包

• saxng angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng aang'paw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  give a bribe or a congratulatory gift
  送紅包

• siw angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw aang'paw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  accept a bribe
  收紅包

• Y ee svejit lie bøeq saxng lefbut iafsi angpaw? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee svef'jit lie boeq saxng lea'but ar'si aang'paw?; Y ee svef/svy'jit lie bøeq saxng lea'but iar'si aang'paw? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Are you going to present him with a gift or money on his birthday?
  他的生日你要送禮物或是紅包 ?

baxnbut cy leeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'but cy leeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

man (Lit. Wisest of all creatures)

萬物之靈

baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

conceal from recognition, bury one's talents

埋沒

baibut jinzaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but jiin'zaai [[...]][i#] [p.]

bury one's talent, don't use a subordinate's ability to good advantage

埋沒人才

baikud pud baibeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'kud pud baai'beeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

intern the bones but not his name

埋骨不埋名

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

soil, foul, stain, dirty up

染,沾

• bag cit ee miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag cit ee miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  said of a man supposed to be doing work, but really idle
  沾一個名

bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak; (bok) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the eyes

目,眼睛

• zhuix par, bak m par [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix par, bak m par [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the mouth may be satisfied, but the eye is insatiable
  貪得無厭

• tøebak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee'bak; tøee'bak [[...]][i#] [p.]
  theme, topic for discussion
  題目

bad laang mxbad miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad laang m'bad miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

recognize a person but not remember his or her name

認得人,卻不知其名。

bengbengtiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'beeng'tiofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

imperceptibly but inexorably (said of divine influence)

冥冥中

Bengchviw i siarm, armcvix laan hoong. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Beeng'chviw i siarm, axm'cvix laan hoong. [[...]][i#] [p.]

It's easy to dodge an open attack but difficult to escape from a clandestine one

明鎗易躲,暗箭難防。

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

hulled rice

米

• ciah bie mxzay bykex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah bie m'zay bie'kex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  person who knows but little of the world
  不知天高地厚

• zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  customary rice
  在來米

• zhørbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rice separated from the husk
  糙米

• zudbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zut'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  glutinous rice
  糯米

• honglaibie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'laai'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  improved rice
  蓬萊米

• peqbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rice beaten white in the mortar
  白米

bisengbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bii'sefng'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

microbes, micro-organism

微生物

bisengbut-hak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bii'sefng'but'hak; bii'sefng'but-hak [[...]][i#] [p.]

microbiology

微生物學

bixsox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'sox [[...]][i#] [p.]

monosodium glutamate, a condiment used extensively in Taiwan cooking that is very tasty but also very hard on digestive tract

味素

bien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bien; (bin) [[...]][i#] [p.]

face of a person, surface, side, direction, to face or confront, in or to one's face, a term in math meaning a "plane"

面

• jinbien siuosym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'bien siux'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]
  having a human face but brute's heart
  人面獸心

• thefbien/thefbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thea'bien [[...]][i#] [p.]
  honor, dignity, face
  體面

• boafnbien zhunhofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'bien zhwn'hofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beaming with pleasure
  滿面春風

biqnngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bih'nngg [[...]][i#] [p.]

the softer inside layer of the bamboo but not the innermost, used mostly for wicker-work but much inferior to the outside part called "bih-chhe*"

嫩竹篾

bøcip'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'cib'ix [[...]][i#] [p.]

didn't make a decision

沒有下定決心

• Sikafn tøf kaux af, y ma iao bøcip'ix boeq zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sii'kafn tøf kaux af, y ma iao bøo'cib'ix boeq zøx.; Sii'kafn tøf kaux af, y ma iao bøo'cib'ix bøeq zøx/zøex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The time has come but he still hasn't made a decision.
  時間到了,他也沒有下定決心要做。

bøzwnsngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zurn'sngx [[...]][i#] [p.]

don't count, don't pay attention to

不算數

• Bøo siafji, iong zhuix korng ee bøo zwnsngx laf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo siar'ji, iong zhuix korng ee bøo zurn'sngx laf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you don't write it but only say it, nobody pays attention.
  沒立字據,用嘴巴說的不算數。

Bøo eeng bøo kafng, køq teq zøx seakoea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo eeng bøo kafng, køq teq zøx sex'koea.; Bøo eeng bøo kafng, køq teq zøx søex'køea. [[...]][i#] [p.]

You don't use your time well. (Lit. No time and no work but still you make rice cakes.)

無閒工夫卻又在做小的粿。

bøo-tvafkirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvar'kirn; bøo-tvar'kirn [[...]][i#] [p.]

very affable, compliant, accommodating, not only but also

不打緊,反而

• Y (puttan) cvii m heeng goar, bøtvafkirn køq ka goar phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y (pud'tan) cvii m heeng goar, bøo'tvar'kirn køq ka goar phaq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Not only did he refuse to pay me the money, he beat me up.
  他錢不還我,反而打我。

bo'heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boo'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

model, a pattern

模型

• Kierntiogbut ee bo'heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kiexn'tiok'but ee boo'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  model of a structure
  建築物的模型

boxhiø jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bo'hiø jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

behind-the-scenes personalities, string pullers

幕後人物

boeq khaux bøo bagsae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq khaux bøo bak'sae; bøeq khaux bøo bak'sae [[...]][i#] [p.]

You want to cry but there are no tears. There's just no way out.

欲哭無淚

bogtekbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'teg'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

objective, aim

目的物

borng... (''plus Verb'') [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng... (''plus Verb'') [[...]][i#] [p.]

content oneself with coarse food, trivial work and valueless books

姑且,將就

• bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  talk at random, sometimes idle jesting, half-joking, half in earnest, well now, just speak
  隨便講

• bofngkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tolerable, not very good, but may do
  將就

• Eng'eeng ku pørzoar borng khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng ku pøx'zoar borng khvoax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  nothing to do but read old newspapers
  沒事且看看舊報紙。

• Na zhøe bøo thaulo, kang'iuo ia tiøh bofngzøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na zhoe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx.; Na zhøe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you can't find a job, workers should do less meaningful work.
  如找不著工作,工友也只好將就了。

• Phvayciah si phvayciah, paktor na iaw tiøh bofngciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'ciah si phvae'ciah, pag'tor na iaw tiøh borng'ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  True it is not good tasting, but when you are hungry anything will do.
  難吃是難吃,肚子餓了,也只好將就吃了。

boxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boxng; (boxng'boxng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

thoughtless, careless, reckless

惘,放蕩

• Cid ee gyn'ar cyn boxng (borngboxng) m thagzheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar cyn boxng (boxng'boxng) m thak'zheq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kid is very reckless, he won't study.
  這個孩子很放蕩,不讀書。

• Lie cyn boxng, svatngx ciah be par, iao sviuxboeq bea tiexnsi. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie cyn boxng, svaf'tngx ciah be par, iao sviu'boeq bea tien'si.; Lie cyn boxng, svaf'tngx ciah bøe par, iao sviu'bøeq bøea tien'si. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You are very reckless, you don't eat three full meals a day but you are thinking of buying a television set.
  你很糊塗,三餐不飽,還想要買電視。

bubengsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'beeng'si [[...]][i#] [p.]

anonymous (a term usually used to indicate a person who contributes to a charitable cause but doesn't want his name revealed)

無名氏

bukhar putsengsw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'khar pud'seeng'sw [[...]][i#] [p.]

it happened that... , There would have been no story to tell but for that coincidence.

無巧不成書

buki'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'ky'but; (buu'ky'thea) [[...]][i#] [p.]

inorganic matter

無機物(體)

buky hoarhagbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'ky hoax'hak'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

inorganic compounds

無機化學物

bunbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

products of a culture

文物

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

thing, matter, substance, article, goods, affairs of life, creature, a class, a sort

物

• baxnbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
  all things
  萬物

• jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
  person, personage
  人物

• koaebut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaix'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
  monster, apparition, spook
  怪物

• sidbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
  plants, vegetation
  植物

• toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tong'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
  animals
  動物

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

sink, drown, be submerged, go into hiding, obscurity or oblivion, take property away from another, die, dead

沒

• baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bury or hide so that it may never be found
  埋沒

but bie kex liaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but bie kex liaam [[...]][i#] [p.]

excellent quality and reasonable price for merchandise

物美價廉

budzexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zexng [[...]][i#] [p.]

material evidence proof

物証

but cin kii iong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but cin kii iong [[...]][i#] [p.]

Every thing should be used to its full extent.

物盡其用

budcid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid [[...]][i#] [p.]

matter, substance

物質

budcid bunbeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid buun'beeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

material civilization

物質文明

budcid zwgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid zuo'gi [[...]][i#] [p.]

materialism

物質主義

budcid kiernsied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid kiexn'sied [[...]][i#] [p.]

physical development or progress of a community or country

物質建設

budcid putbiedlut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid pud'biet'lut [[...]][i#] [p.]

law of conservation of matter

物質不滅律

budcid seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

physical life, material life

物質生活

budcitsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid'siong [[...]][i#] [p.]

material, physically

物質上

budcitsiong ee an'uix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid'siong ee afn'uix [[...]][i#] [p.]

material comforts

物質上的安慰

• Laang su'iaux zengsinsiong kab budcitsiong ee an'uix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang sw'iaux zefng'siin'siong kab but'cid'siong ee afn'uix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Man needs both spiritual and material consolations.
  人需要精神上和物質上的安慰。

budzw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zw [[...]][i#] [p.]

goods, commodities, materials, resources

物資

budzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

owner of a thing

物主

budzw honghux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zw hofng'hux [[...]][i#] [p.]

abound (be rich) in natural resources

物資豐富

budzw khoat'hoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zw khoad'hoat; (but'zw pud'ciog) [[...]][i#] [p.]

shortage of materials

物資缺乏,不足

but ie hy uii kuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but ie hy uii kuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

A thing is valued if it is rare.

物以稀為貴

but ie lui zu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but ie lui zu [[...]][i#] [p.]

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以類聚

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