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Searched Maryknoll for jiin but; ;, found 46,
- baibut jinzaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but jiin'zaai [[...]][i#] [p.]
- bury one's talent, don't use a subordinate's ability to good advantage
- 埋沒人才
- bien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bien; (bin) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- face of a person, surface, side, direction, to face or confront, in or to one's face, a term in math meaning a "plane"
- 面
- boxhiø jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bo'hiø jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- behind-the-scenes personalities, string pullers
- 幕後人物
- but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- thing, matter, substance, article, goods, affairs of life, creature, a class, a sort
- 物
- budlek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lek [[...]][i#] [p.]
- one's resources, the value of one's property and estate, personal effects
- 物力
- zwliuu jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'liuu jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- very influential person
- 主流人物
- honghuun jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'huun jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- heroic figure, famed personage, one who is constantly in the news
- 風雲人物
- hux jii pud jiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hux jii pud jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]
- rich but inhuman towards others
- 富而不仁
- itliuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'liuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
- top class, of the first rank
- 一流
- jinbien siuosym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'bien siux'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]
- gentle in appearance but cruel at heart, wolf in sheep's skin
- 人面獸心
- jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- personage or figure (usually referring to famous persons)
- 人物
- jinbudoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'but'oe [[...]][i#] [p.]
- portrait
- 人物畫
- jiin lør sym putlør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin lør sym pud'lør [[...]][i#] [p.]
- young at heart, man may be old in years, but his heart need not be old, An old man chasing young women.
- 人老心不老
- jinsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- human life
- 人生
- jinsefng juu bang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'sefng juu bang [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Life is but a dream.
- 人生如夢
- jiin siao kuie tai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin siao kuie tai [[...]][i#] [p.]
- young but tricky, young but ambitious
- 人小鬼大
- jiin ui baxnbut cy leeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin ui ban'but cy leeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- The human being is the most intelligent among creatures.
- 人為萬物之靈
- kie sor put'iok, but sy ii jiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kie sor pud'iok, but sy ii jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Do not do to others that which you do not wish to be done to yourself.
- 己所不欲,勿施於人
- ozut'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'zud'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]
- common soldier, rank and file, pawn
- 黑卒,無名小卒
- otø-jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'tø'jiin'but; of'tø-jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- gangster, an underworld figure
- 黑道人物
- Oe hor, oe phoee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Oe hor, oe phoee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym.; Oe hor, oe phøee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- One may know a person by his face, but can't read his mind. Don't trust people too easily. (Lit. One can draw a tiger and its skin, but it is impossible to draw its bone.)
- 畫虎、畫皮、難畫骨，知人、知面、不知心。
- oe jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oe jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- draw pictures of persons
- 畫人物
- sinbuun jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'buun jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- people in the news, VIPs
- 新聞人物
- siuosym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siux'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]
- bestiality, beastliness
- 獸心
- taixjinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- important personage, great man, man of great caliber
- 大人物
- thaixjiin ciapbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thai'jiin ciab'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- the way one treats people, one's personality
- 待人接物
- Ty jiin, ty bin pud ty sym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ty jiin, ty bin pud ty sym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- One may know a person by his face, but one cannot read his mind — Don't trust people too easily
- 知人知面不知心。
- tioxng'iaux jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiong'iaux jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- important man, important figure
- 重要人物
- tiongsym jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiofng'sym jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
- central figure key figure
- 中心人物