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bafng'ar texng gukag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barng'ar texng guu'kag [[...]][i#] [p.]

doesn't feel it, only slightly affected, remains unperturbed (Lit. a mosquito to stings a bull's horn)

蚊子螫牛角,不在乎

• Bafng'ar texng laxnphaf, phvae phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Barng'ar texng lan'phaf, phvae phaq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in dilemma, be driven to the wall (Lit. When a mosquito stings you in the scrotum, you have to be very careful how you go about swatting it.)
  蚊子螫陰囊,難打,棘手。

bøexhiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao bøe'hiao [[...]][i#] [p.]

do not know how to (affirmative form is øexhiao)

不會

• Bexhiao sayzuun hiaam khef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn. Bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The person who can't navigate a boat says the river is too winding.
  不會開船嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Bexhiao siuu, khanthoaf laxnphaf toa khiuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa khiuu. Bøe'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa kiuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  blame the hammer when you don't drive the nail straight, blame others or other things for personal skills being insufficient (Lit. Don't know how to swim because scrotum is too big.)
  不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Cid kux ee iesux goar bexhiao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kux ee ix'sux goar be'hiao. Cid kux ee ix'sux goar bøe'hiao. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know the meaning of this sentence, don't know how to explain it.
  這句的意思我不懂。

• Goar bexhiao saychiaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao sae'chiaf. Goar bøe'hiao sae'chiaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know how to drive a car.
  我不會開車。

• Goar bexhiao korng Enggie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao korng Efng'gie. Goar bøe'hiao korng Efng'gie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) speak English.
  我不會講英語。

• Goar bexhiao eng ti ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao eng ti ciah. Goar bøe'hiao eng ti ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) eat with chopsticks.
  我不會用筷子吃飯。

laxnphaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lan'phaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

scrotum

陰曩

• toa laxnphaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa lan'phaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  having a very large scrotum, hydrocele or similar diseases of the scrotal area
  脫腸,疝氣

phoo-laxnphaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoo'lan'phaf phoo-lan'phaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

flatter, curry favor with, fawn upon

諂媚,拍馬屁

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