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bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea [[...]][i#] [p.]

use the means at hand, make an adjustment (Lit. If there is no ox, then use a horse.)

無牛用馬耕,事出無奈

• Zwciah`ee na bøextaxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cie'ciah'ee na be'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai cie.; Zuo'ciah`ee na bøe'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If the cook cannot come, then I'll cook.
  廚子如不能來,沒辦法,我來煮。

• In'ui lauxsw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kor'mngg`ee laai kax Taioaan-oe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan'oe.; Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan-oe. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since the teacher didn't come, call the gate keeper to teach Taiwanese.
  因為老師沒來,沒辦法,叫看門的來教台語。

zabji-svisviux: zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'ji-svef'sviux: chie, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, kef, kao, ty; zap'ji-svy'sviux: zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty; (zap'ji-svy'sviux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the twelve signs of the zodiac; The animals used as the signs for the characters of the cycle of twelve: (rat, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig

十二生肖(鼠,牛,虎,兔,龍,蛇,馬,羊,猴,雞,狗,豬)

zørguu zørbea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'guu zøx'bea; zøx/zøex'guu zøx/zøex'bea [[...]][i#] [p.]

work hard

做牛做馬

guu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu; (giuu) [[...]][i#] [p.]

ox, cow, bull

牛

• bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  learn to improvise, use any means at hand, make do with what you have (Lit. When there is no ox to plough, one has to use a horse)
  無可奈何,退而求其次

gu'thaau befbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu'thaau bea'bin [[...]][i#] [p.]

ox-headed and horse-faced (demons in Hades) (Taoism)

牛頭馬面

Gu'thaau bøo tuix befzhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Guu'thaau bøo tuix bea'zhuix. [[...]][i#] [p.]

not to the point, unconnected, incongruous (Lit. The head of an ox does not match the mouth of a horse.)

牛頭不對馬嘴,文不對題

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

use, employ, to make, to act

使

• bøexsae`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'sae`tid; bøe'sae`tid [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It will not do at all, it is not allowed.
  不可以

• bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  know how to improvise, (Lit. If you can't get an ox, use a horse to plow the field.)
  無牛用馬耕,事出無奈

• øexsae`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'sae`tid; øe'sae`tid [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It will do, can be used, OK.
  可以

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

animal signs used in the twelve year cycle, be born in a particular year of the twelve year cycle, represented by one of twelve animals.

屬,生肖

• Lie sviux symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie sviux sirm'miq? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  What animal is the sign of your year of birth?
  你屬什麼生肖?

• Goar sviux ty. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sviux ty. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I was born in the year of the pig.
  我屬豬。

• zabji svesviux — zuo, thviuo, iin, bao, siin, ci, gvor, bi, syn, iuo, sud, hai (chie, guu, hor, thox, leeng, zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, kef, kao, ty) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'ji svef'sviux — zuo, thviuo, iin, bao, siin, ci, gvor, bi, syn, iuo, sud, hai (chie, guu, hor, thox, leeng, zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, kef, kao, ty); zap'ji svef/svy'sviux — zuo, thviuo, iin, bao, siin, ci, gvor, bi, syn, iuo, sud, hai (chie/zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng, zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the year of the animal in which one was born: (the year of the) rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, lamb, monkey, chicken, dog, pig — corresponding to the duodecimal cycle
  十二生肖 — 子,丑,寅,卯,辰,巳,午,未,申,酉,戌,亥(鼠,牛,虎,兔,龍,蛇,馬,羊,猴,雞,狗,豬)

thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf; (thøf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

to drag, to pull, draw along, procrastinate, (diseases) are chronic, be in constant sickness or pain, involve, implicate

拖,拉

• zøx guu zøx bea thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx guu zøx bea thoaf; zøx/zøex guu zøx/zøex bea thoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very hardworking
  做牛做馬

• gaau thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gaau thoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fond of procrastinating, always putting off
  會拖

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