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seeng jiin cy bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seeng jiin cy bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
help fulfill another's cherished hopes, assist others in achieving an objective
成人之美

soafnbie taixhoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soarn'bie tai'hoe [[...]][i#] [p.]
beauty pageant or contest
選美大會

bixbongjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'boong'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

widow

未亡人

byjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

beautiful woman, beauty

美人

byjinhii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'jiin'hii [[...]][i#] [p.]

mermaid

美人魚

byjiin-kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'jiin'kex; bie'jiin-kex [[...]][i#] [p.]

use a pretty woman as a snare

美人計

iong byjinkex khiofnghad cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong bie'jiin'kex khiorng'had cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]
use a beautiful woman to extort money
用美人計勒索錢

byjinkiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'jiin'kiok [[...]][i#] [p.]

entice into evil through a pretty face, a confidence trick or scheme in which a woman is used as a decoy

美人局

bylie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'lie; (bie'jiin) [[...]][i#] [p.]

pretty girl

美女,美人

bixsui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'sui [[...]][i#] [p.]

used after a verb, fail in accomplishing, attempted without success, unaccomplished

未遂

zuxsad bixsui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'sad bi'sui [[...]][i#] [p.]
attempted suicide
自殺未遂

satjiin bixsui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sad'jiin bi'sui [[...]][i#] [p.]
attempted murder
殺人未遂

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

jinbien siuosym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'bien siux'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]
having a human face but brute's heart
人面獸心

thefbien/thefbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thea'bien [[...]][i#] [p.]
honor, dignity, face
體面

boafnbien zhunhofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'bien zhwn'hofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
beaming with pleasure
滿面春風

biexnbuu jinseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bien'buu jiin'seg [[...]][i#] [p.]

look extremely scared

面無人色

biauxjiin biauxsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biau'jiin biau'su [[...]][i#] [p.]

interesting person and his amusing episodes

妙人妙事

bidto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bit'to [[...]][i#] [p.]

density

密度

jinkhao ee bidto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'khao ee bit'to [[...]][i#] [p.]
density of population
人口的密度

bøo jintø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo jiin'tø [[...]][i#] [p.]

inhumane, contrary to humanity

無人道

boxhiø jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bo'hiø jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

behind-the-scenes personalities, string pullers

幕後人物

bosu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boo'su [[...]][i#] [p.]

make a plan for something

謀事

Bosu zai jiin, sengsu zai thiefn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boo'su zai jiin, seeng'su zai thiefn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Man proposes, God disposes
謀事在人,成事在天。

bogtiofng bujiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'tiofng buu'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

so arrogant that no one is important in his eyes

目中無人

bongjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boong'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

blind person

盲人

bongjiin kaoiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boong'jiin kaux'iok [[...]][i#] [p.]

education of the blind

盲人教育

bunjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

literary man, man of letters, literati, a civilian

文人

bunjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

famous person

聞人

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

thing, matter, substance, article, goods, affairs of life, creature, a class, a sort

物

baxnbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
all things
萬物

jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
person, personage
人物

koaebut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaix'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
monster, apparition, spook
怪物

sidbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
plants, vegetation
植物

toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tong'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
animals
動物

budlek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lek [[...]][i#] [p.]

one's resources, the value of one's property and estate, personal effects

物力

Puttan khiaxm jinlek, ia khiaxm budlek. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pud'tan khiaxm jiin'lek, ia khiaxm but'lek. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Not only run short of human power, but also fall short of material resources
不但人力不足也缺物力。

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

material, raw material

材

jinzaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'zaai [[...]][i#] [p.]
capable man
人材

sinzaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'zaai [[...]][i#] [p.]
constitution, physical body
身材

zaizuo kajiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'zuo kaf'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

marriage between a brilliant man and a beautiful woman, an ideal couple

才子佳人

zaithoaan hoatjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'thoaan hoad'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

juridical person of an association

財團法人

zarnzoxjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaxn'zo'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

patron, sponsor

贊助人

zeabuxjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zex'bu'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

debtor

債務人

zeakoaan-ciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zex'koaan'ciar; zex'koaan-ciar; (zex'koaan-jiin) [[...]][i#] [p.]

creditor

債權者(人)

zeaphviejiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zex'phvix'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

movie producer

製片人

zernghunjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'hwn'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

witness at a wedding

證婚人

zerngjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

a witness

證人

zøx zerngjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx zexng'jiin; zøx/zøex zexng'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]
be a witness
做證人

zengjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

sweetheart, lover

情人

Zengjiin gafntiofng zhud Sesy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zeeng'jiin garn'tiofng zhud Sef'sy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Any woman becomes a Cleopatra in the eyes of her lover
情人眼裏出西施。

Zengjincied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zeeng'jiin'cied [[...]][i#] [p.]

St Valentine's Day

情人節

zerngjiin kunzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'jiin kwn'zuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

man of honor, gentleman

正人君子

Y si cit ee zerngjiin kunzuo, boeq nar e zøx hid khoarn taixcix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si cit ee zexng'jiin kwn'zuo, boeq nar e zøx hid khoarn tai'cix.; Y si cit ee zexng'jiin kwn'zuo, bøeq nar øe zøx/zøex hid khoarn tai'cix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
He is a respectable person, how come he would so something like that?
他是一個正人君子,怎麼會做那種事情。

zerngkafng jin'oaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'kafng jiin'oaan [[...]][i#] [p.]

political staff officers (military)

政工人員

zha'piet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaf'piet [[...]][i#] [p.]

discrepancy, difference, distinction, to make discrimination

差別

zha'piet thaixgu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaf'piet thai'gu [[...]][i#] [p.]
treat people with discrimination
差別待遇

jinciorng zha'piet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'ciorng zhaf'piet [[...]][i#] [p.]
racial differentiation, racial differences, racial segregation, discrimination
人種差別