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Bøefbøe sngx hwn, siøchviar bøo lun./Bøefbøe sngx hwn, svachviar bøo lun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bea'be sngx'hwn, siøf'chviar bøo'lun.; Bøea'bøe sngx hwn, siøf/svaf'chviar bøo lun.; [[...]][i#] [p.]

In trade, people count to a fraction, in treatment of guests, don't count the expense

買賣算分,相請不計較

bøefbøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea'bøo; bøea'bøo; [[...]][i#] [p.]

not to have bought because it was not on sale or not on the market, no place to buy

買不到

bøtaxng bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'taxng bea; bøo'taxng bøea; [[...]][i#] [p.]

cannot buy it anywhere

無處買,買不到

bøthaau bøbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'thaau bøo'boea; bøo'thaau bøo'bøea; [[...]][i#] [p.]

incomplete, incomprehensible, nonsensical, no beginning or end (Lit. no head no tail)

無頭無尾

bøefhøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boea'hoe; bøea'høe; [[...]][i#] [p.]

last member of a private lending association in which each member puts in a deposited amount of money each month and they bid on who will get the money each month. The one with the lowest bid gets the money that month.

尾會

• Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar boeq zøx boefhoe khaq u lixseg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar boeq zøx boea'hoe khaq u li'seg.; Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar bøeq zøx bøea'høe khaq u li'seg.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't want to bid for lending the money, I'll be "boe-hoe" so I get more interest.
  我都不標,我要作尾會,比較有利息。

zoafthaau-zoafbøea bøo lie ee miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoar'thaau zoar'boea bøo lie ee miaa; zoar'thaau-zoar'bøea bøo lie ee miaa; [[...]][i#] [p.]

Your name is not on the paper.

紙頭紙尾沒你的名字,無法證明是你的權利

ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

for, to, from, on. The Taiwanese have a little gimmick in regard to the use of this preposition "ka". The direct object of very many verbs can be placed before the verb and preceded by "ka"

給,跟

• Bøeq ka lie phaq. Bøeq phaq lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq ka lie phaq. Boeq phaq lie.; Bøeq ka lie phaq. Bøeq phaq lie.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I'll hit you.
  要打你。

• Maix ka y chiøx. Maix chiøx y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Maix ka y chiøx. Maix chiøx y.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't laugh at him.
  不要笑他。

• Bøo aix ka lie zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo aix ka lie zøx.; Bøo aix ka lie zøx/zøex.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I won't do it for you.
  不要替你做。不要幫你做。

• Bøo aix ka lie bea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo aix ka lie bea.; Bøo aix ka lie bøea.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I won't buy it for (or from) you.
  不要替你買,不要向你買。

• Maix ka goar zhorngti. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Maix ka goar zhoxng'ti.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't make a fool out of me.
  不要作弄我。

• Maix ka y korng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Maix ka y korng.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't tell him.
  不要告訴他。

• ka lie ciøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka lie ciøq; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  borrow from you
  向你借

kw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

tortoise, turtle

龜

• kimkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'kw; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  gold beetle
  金龜

• kimkuafchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'kw'ar'chiaf; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beetle-shaped Volkswagen
  金龜車

• mixkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mi'kw; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  turtle-shaped cakes made of flour
  麵龜

• siuxkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'kw; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  turtle-shaped cakes made on birthdays
  壽龜

• kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau phoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau phoee; kw chiøx piq bøo bøea, piq chiøx kw kau phøee; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  deride or denounce another's fault which the denouncer himself also has, though in a smaller degree, the kettle calls the pot black — much the same, fifty and fifty
  龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜皮厚,五十步笑百步

piq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piq; ; (pied) [[...]][i#] [p.]

turtle, fresh water turtle

鱉

• kukw pihpiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw'kw piq'piq; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tricky, sly, slick, crafty, not straight forward, not forthright
  狡猾的,不乾脆

• kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kauxphoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau'phoee; kw chiøx piq bøo bøea, piq chiøx kw kau'phøee; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  deride, denounce another's fault which the denouncer himself also has, though in a smaller degree — the kettle calls the pot black
  龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜皮厚,五十步笑百步。

u thaau bøo bøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u thaau bøo boea; u thaau bøo bøea; [[...]][i#] [p.]

leave a job incomplete or unfinished, quit doing something halfway, a thing given up before it is finished

有頭無尾

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