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armlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

do something bad

夜路

• Armlo na kvar kviaa, kynban e khix twtiøh kuie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Axm'lo na kvar kviaa, kirn'ban e khix tuo'tiøh kuie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Even if you are not afraid to walk on a dark road, sooner or later you'll bump into a ghost.
  夜路如果敢走,早晚會碰到鬼。

batlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

know the road

識路

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。

bofng-bølo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bofng'bøo'lo bofng-bøo'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

not to find the road in the dark, find no solution to a difficult case

找不到路,摸不著頭緒

• Bøo tiexnhoea, bongbølof. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo tien'hoea, bofng'bøo'lof. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  no electric light, can't find the way
  沒電燈摸不著路。

• Cid khoarn taixcix goar mxbad zørkoex, bongbølo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn tai'cix goar m'bad zøx'koex, bofng'bøo'lo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kind of thing I haven't done before, I can't figure it out.
  這種事我沒做過,摸不著頭緒。

chiwlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

workmanship whether good or bad

手藝

• Y ee chiwlo cyn hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee chiuo'lo cyn hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His workmanship is very good.
  他的手藝很好。

• chiwloxzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'lo'zhaix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cook's most tasty dish, chef d'oeuvre, specialty of the house
  拿手菜

• Zef si thaethaix ee chiwloxzhaix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zef si thaix'thaix ee chiuo'lo'zhaix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This is my wife's most tasty dish.
  這是太太的拿手菜。

kviaa bøo lo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaa bøo lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

walk but not find a road, have nowhere to go

無處去,迷路

• Na mxbad Taioaan-oe, øe kviaa bøo lo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na m'bad Taai'oaan'oe, e kviaa bøo lo. Na m'bad Taai'oaan-oe, øe kviaa bøo lo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you cannot speak Taiwanese, everything is inconvenient.
  要是不懂台灣話很不方便。

• Lie na jibkhix chiuxnalai, e kviaa bøo lo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na jip'khix chiu'naa'lai, e kviaa bøo lo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you go into the forest, you will lose your way.
  你如果進入森林裏會迷路。

lafmlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: larm'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

weak in health, not prosperous in trade, bad workmanship

羸弱

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