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

in a flash

晃

• Hvoar leq tø køex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hvoar lef tø koex.; Hvoar leq tø køex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pass in a flash
  一晃就過去

• Cit hvoar koex svaf tafng, svaf hvoar cidsielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit hvoar koex svaf tafng, svaf hvoar cit'six'laang.; Cit'hvoar køex svaf'tafng, svaf'hvoar cit'six'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  time passes very fast (Lit. Three years passed in a flash. Three flashes and a lifetime takes place.)
  一晃過三冬,三晃過一生。

kiøo køex koayar ciu parngtiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiøo koex koae'ar ciu paxng'tiau; kiøo køex koae'ar ciu paxng'tiau [[...]][i#] [p.]

be ungrateful, forgetful of benefits received

一過橋柺杖就丟掉(過河拆橋,忘恩負義)

kiorng køex ii kiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiorng koex ii kiuu; kiorng køex uu kiuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

supply has outstripped demand, excessive supply

供過於求

køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex; køex; (kex, køx) [[...]][i#] [p.]

go through, to cross, past, a time (as once, twice etc.), burn away to ashes (as wood, coal, candle), to pass over, sign of passive or of work done on a thing

過,次

• Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have been there twice.
  那兒去過兩次。

• Cid khoarn laqzeg (hoefthvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn lah'zeg (hoea'thvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kind of candle (charcoal) burns down very quickly.
  這種蠟燭(木炭) 很容易燒完。

• Cid niar svaf iawboe sefkoex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf iao'boe sea'koex.; Cid'niar svaf iao'bøe søea'køex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This shirt has not been washed.
  這件衣服還未洗過。

• bøo koex kurn ee zuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo koex kurn ee zuie; (bøo kurn'koex ee zuie) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  un-boiled water
  未煮開的水

køex`laai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'laai; køex`laai [[...]][i#] [p.]

come over

過來

• Koex laai ciaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Koex laai ciaf.; Køex laai ciaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Come over here.
  過來這兒。

panmafsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pafn'mar'svoax [[...]][i#] [p.]

zebra lines

斑馬線

• Bøeq køex toaxlo aix kviaa panmafsvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq koex toa'lo aix kviaa pafn'mar'svoax.; Bøeq køex toa'lo aix kviaa pafn'mar'svoax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When you cross the road you should walk through the zebra lines.
  過馬路要走斑馬線。

pvoaa`køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoaa'koex; pvoaa`køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

climb over

翻過

taam-thaux`køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taam thaux'koex; taam-thaux`køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

be wet to the skin, be wet through, dripping wet

濕透

tharngkøex/thaxng`køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxng'koex; thaxng'køex; (thaux'koex) [[...]][i#] [p.]

hole made all the way through, as a hole, pierce or pass quite through

透過

thaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaux; (thox) [[...]][i#] [p.]

to pass through, penetrate, communicate, transparent, thoroughly, fully

透,通

• Cid tiaau lo thaux Taipag. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tiaau lo thaux Taai'pag. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This road goes all the way to Taipei.
  這條路通台北。

• bad thaothaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad thaux'thaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  know thoroughly
  識透了

• khvoarthaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'thaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to see through (a person)
  看透

• korng thaotea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng thaux'tea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to tell with all the particulars
  詳述

• siøthaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'thaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  having a passage through, making direct communication
  相通

• taam-thaux`køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taam thaux'koex; taam-thaux`køex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be wet to the skin, be wet through, dripping wet
  濕透了

thaokøex/thaux`køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaux'koex; thaux'køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

to pass through (e.g., in boring a hole), (liquid) soaking through

透過,穿過

• lag thaokoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lag thaux'koex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bore through (with a drill or gimlet)
  鑿穿

• phaq thaokoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq thaux'koex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be wet to the skin
  打通

• svaf taam thaokoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf taam thaux'koex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make a door, passage, or access through
  衣服濕透了

tuix... bøextaxng køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix... be'taxng koex; tuix... bøe'taxng køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

unable to face a person owing to some fault, owe a person an apology

對不起 ...

• Lie na m thagzheq, tuix lirn pexbør bextaxng koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na m thak'zheq, tuix lirn pe'bør be'taxng koex.; Lie na m thak'zheq, tuix lirn pe'bør/buo bøe'taxng køex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you do not study, you will be unable to face your parents
  你如果不讀書,會對不起你父母。

tuix laang bøextid køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix laang be tid koex; tuix laang bøe'tid køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

offend people, act so that men will blame, unable to justify one's action

對不起人

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