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bøexeng`tid/bøexiong`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'eng`tid bøe'eng'tid (be'iong`tid) [[...]][i#] [p.]

improper, not all right, can't be used

不能,不可,不行

• Lie bexexngtid cymmar khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie be'eng'tid cirm'mar khix. Lie bøe'eng'tid cirm'mar khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You can't go now.
  你不能現在去。

• Cit'ee haixkhix `af, bøexeng`tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid'ee hai'khix `af, be'eng`tid. Cid'ee hai'khix `af, bøe'eng`tid. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This is broken, it cannot be used.
  這個壞了,不能用。

høea siøf bagbaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf bak'baai høea siøf bak'baai [[...]][i#] [p.]

imminent crisis or emergency (fire singeing the eyebrows)

火燒眉毛,燃眉之急

• Hoea siøf bagbaai, bøo korng bexexngtid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoea siøf bak'baai, bøo korng be'eng'tid. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I was forced to tell the truth.
  已到燃眉之急,不說不行了。

• Mxthafng thernghau kaux hoea siøf bagbaai, ciaq boeq laai zhoe goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'thafng thexng'hau kaux hoea siøf bak'baai, ciaq boeq laai zhoe goar. M'thafng thexng'hau kaux høea siøf bak'baai, ciaq bøeq laai zhøe goar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Come see me before you are driven into a corner.
  不要等到火燒眉頭,才要來找我。

kafnserng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: karn'serng [[...]][i#] [p.]

abridged, abbreviated, doing hurriedly or at less expense

簡省

• Hid kux bexexngtid kafnserng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid kux be'eng'tid karn'serng. Hid kux bøe'eng'tid karn'serng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You can not skip that sentence.
  那句不可以簡省。

niaftui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niar'tui [[...]][i#] [p.]

lead, leader of a trip

領隊

• Hiaq ze laang bøo cit ee niaftui bexexngtid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hiaq ze laang bøo cit ee niar'tui be'eng'tid. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There are so many people. We must have a leader.
  那麼多人,沒有一個領隊不行。

tauliuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taw'liuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

detain forcibly

扣留

• Bexexngtid tauliuu laang ee sinhuxnzexng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'eng'tid taw'liuu laang ee syn'hun'zexng. Bøe'eng'tid taw'liuu laang ee syn'hun'zexng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It is unlawful to hold a person's identification card
  不可以扣留人的身份證。

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