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last member of a private lending association in which each member puts in a deposited amount of money each month and they bid on who will get the money each month. The one with the lowest bid gets the money that month.

尾會

Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar boeq zøx boefhoe khaq u lixseg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar boeq zøx boea'hoe khaq u li'seg.; Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar bøeq zøx bøea'høe khaq u li'seg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
I don't want to bid for lending the money, I'll be "boe-hoe" so I get more interest.
我都不標,我要作尾會,比較有利息。

bu'iw buli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'iw buu'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

without sorrow and anxiety

無憂無慮

bu'orng putli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'orng pud'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

lucky in every endeavor, successful in whatever one does

無往不利

Zatkalixaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zad'kaf'li'af [[...]][i#] [p.]

Zacharias (Catholic)

匝加利亞

zao-bøexli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'be'li; zao-bøe'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

can't escape

走不掉

zawli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

succeed in running away

逃開,逃離

zao-bøexli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao be li; zao-bøe'li [[...]][i#] [p.]
can not escape successfully
來不及逃

zengbeeng toadli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'beeng toat'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

contest for fame and riches

爭名奪利

zefngzok kehli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zerng'zok keq'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

racial segregation, apartheid

種族隔離

zerngkaux hunli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'kaux hwn'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

separation of church and state

政教分離

zengkoaan toadli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'koaan toat'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

fight for selfish gains, scramble for personal gains

爭權奪利

zengli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

Buddhist priests

僧侶

zengli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

lovers

情侶

zexngli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng'li; (sit'li) [[...]][i#] [p.]

net profit

淨利,實利

zhaf cyn lixkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaf cyn li'kefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

very different

很離譜

zhef li zuo saxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhef li zuo saxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

family break up (Lit. wife leaving and children dispersing)

妻離子散

chiahli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaq'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

dysentery

赤痢

chimboo oafnli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chym'boo oarn'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

think and plan for ahead

深謀遠慮

chimhai koanli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chym'hai koaan'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

encroach upon the privileges of another

侵害權利

chimli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chym'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

deep worries or considerations, think far ahead

深慮

chimsw liaxmli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chym'sw liam'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

careful deliberations, think and contemplate thoroughly

深思熟慮

zhoarn-bøexli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoarn'be'li; zhoarn-bøe'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

can't catch one's breath

喘不過氣來

zhurnpo putli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuxn'po pud'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

follow closely without allowing the distance to widen more than an inch

寸步不離

cili [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cy'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

disintegrate, disunite, incoherent, disjointed

支離

cili phørzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cy'li phøx'zhuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

completely disintegrated

支離破碎

ciernlixphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciexn'li'phirn [[...]][i#] [p.]

war booty, prize of war

戰利品

cietcied serngli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cied'cied sexng'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

score one victory after another

節節勝利

ciofngzok kehli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciorng'zok keq'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

racial segregation, apartheid

種族隔離

ciongtiofng zhwli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cioong'tiofng zhuo'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

make capital of

從中取利

ciuxsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciu'si [[...]][i#] [p.]

is, namely, even if

就是

Cid ui ciuxsi Lie siensvy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ui ciu'si Lie siefn'svy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
This is Mr. Li.
這位就是李先生。

Ciuxsi lie ka goar phahsie, goar ia m korng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciu'si lie ka goar phaq'sie, goar ia m korng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Even if you kill me, I won't tell you.
就是把我打死了,我也不講。

ciwsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo'siefn [[...]][i#] [p.]

an alcoholic, drunkard, a nickname of Li Po (Lit. An Immortal with the Bottle.)

酒仙,酒鬼

zoanli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoafn'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

exclusive to one person, patent, monopoly

專利

Tittiøh zap nii ee zoanli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tid'tiøh zap nii ee zoafn'li [[...]][i#] [p.]
get a patent for ten years
獲得十年的專利。

zoanli-koaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoafn'li'koaan; zoafn'li-koaan [[...]][i#] [p.]

patent right

專利權

zoanlixphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoafn'li'phirn [[...]][i#] [p.]

patented articles

專利品

zoanli teghie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoafn'li tek'hie [[...]][i#] [p.]

patent

專利特許

zoea'au ee serngli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee sexng'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

final victory

最後的勝利

zuxli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

think of nothing but one's own gain, self profit, beneficial to oneself

自利

zuxsw zuxli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'sw zu'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

selfish, selfishness

自私自利

zuyli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

water conservation, irrigation schemes

水利

zuyli-kangtheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'li'kafng'theeng; zuie'li-kafng'theeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

hydraulic engineering

水利工程

zuylixkiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'li'kiok [[...]][i#] [p.]

Water Conservancy Bureau

水利局

exng laang ee lixpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: exng laang ee li'pien [[...]][i#] [p.]

to help people, to make things easier for people

給予別人方便

Goar zøx taixcix na extaxng exng laang ee lixpien tø hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zøx tai'cix na e'taxng exng laang ee li'pien tø hør.; Goar zøx/zøex tai'cix na øe'taxng exng laang ee li'pien tø hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
If what I do helps people or makes things easier for them, that's all I want.
我做事情如果能夠給予人方便就好。

engli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

engage in profit making

營利

engli zwgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'li'zuo'gi; eeng'li zuo'gi [[...]][i#] [p.]

commercialism

營利主義

engli suxgiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'li'su'giap; eeng'li su'giap [[...]][i#] [p.]

profit-making enterprise

營利事業

efngpud hunli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: erng'pud hwn'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

never to be separated

永不分離

haixjiin lixkie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hai'jiin li'kie [[...]][i#] [p.]

benefit oneself at the expense of others

害人利己

ginhaang lixseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giin'haang'li'seg; giin'haang li'seg [[...]][i#] [p.]

bank interest

銀行利息

hegli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hek'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

get or obtain profit, earn profit

獲利

heng'viar putli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: heeng'viar pud'li [[...]][i#] [p.]

inseparable, like a person and his shadow (usually said of lovers and devoted couples)

形影不離

hi'ofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'ofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

old fisherman

漁翁

hi'ofng tid li [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'ofng tid li; (hii'hw cy li) [[...]][i#] [p.]
The fisherman makes his profit." (while the snipe and the cram are locked in a fight), or, (while two dogs fight over the bone, a third runs away with it)
漁翁得利(漁夫之利)

Hionggali [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hiofng'gaa'li [[...]][i#] [p.]