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chienban [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'ban [[...]][i#] [p.]

by no means (always used in negative)

千萬

• Chienban mxthafng afnny zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'ban m'thafng arn'ny zøx.; Chiefn'ban m'thafng arn'ny zøx/zøex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  On no account do it that way
  千萬不可這樣做。

chienlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'lo; (chiefn'no, chiefn'gvo) [[...]][i#] [p.]

blame another for one's own blunder, failure, shift one's anger from one person to another

遷怒

Chienputkay, baxnputkay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'pud'kay, ban'pud'kay. [[...]][i#] [p.]

usually used in the subjunctive mood to indicate one's regret for having done something, really should not have, most emphatically not, a thousand no's

千不該,萬不該。

chiensyn baxnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'syn ban'khor [[...]][i#] [p.]

suffer or undergo all conceivable hardship to accomplish something

千辛萬苦

• Chiensyn baxnkhor uixtiøh kviar kaq bor, zongsay zongtafng uixtiøh thad zhuiekhafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor ui'tiøh kviar kaq bor, zoong'say zoong'tafng ui'tiøh thad zhuix'khafng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand difficulties for the sake of wife and children. Run around all over from east to west just to keep food in the mouth.)
  千辛萬苦為著妻與子,奔東奔西為著渡日子。

• Chiensyn baxnkhor, lorng si uixtiøh cid ee paktor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor, lorng si ui'tiøh cid ee pag'tor. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand hardships, all for the sake of this belly.)
  千辛萬苦,都是為了這個肚子。

Høfoe pud zhud mngg, phvayoe thoaan chienlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hør'oe pud zhud mngg, phvae'oe thoaan chiefn'lie [[...]][i#] [p.]

Good news no one hears about but bad news travels thousands of miles.

好話不出門,壞話傳千里。

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