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bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea [[...]][i#] [p.]

use the means at hand, make an adjustment (Lit. If there is no ox, then use a horse.)

無牛用馬耕,事出無奈

• Zwciah`ee na bøextaxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cie'ciah'ee na be'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai cie.; Zuo'ciah`ee na bøe'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If the cook cannot come, then I'll cook.
  廚子如不能來,沒辦法,我來煮。

• In'ui lauxsw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kor'mngg`ee laai kax Taioaan-oe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan'oe.; Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan-oe. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since the teacher didn't come, call the gate keeper to teach Taiwanese.
  因為老師沒來,沒辦法,叫看門的來教台語。

za'bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

daughter

女兒

• Za'bofkviar kax lauxbør tngfzaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaf'bor'kviar kax lau'bør tngr'zaai.; Zaf'bor'kviar kax lau'bør/buo tngr'zaai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  No substitute for experience (Lit. Can a daughter teach her mother how to cut the umbilical cord?)
  女兒教母親接生,班門弄斧

cviuxzoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'zoa [[...]][i#] [p.]

get on track, go smoothly, go well (business, training)

上軌道

• Guu kax iawboe cviuxzoa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Guu kax iao'boe cviu'zoa.; Guu kax iao'bøe cviu'zoa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The ill-mannered child has finished his training yet. (Lit. cow not yet trained)
  牛還沒教好。

zw'iaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'iaux [[...]][i#] [p.]

most important, principal, essential

主要

• Taioaan zwiaux ee safnbut si bie kaq thngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'oaan zuo'iaux ee sarn'but si bie kaq thngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The principal products of Formosa are rice and sugar.
  臺灣主要的產物是米和糖。

• Goar ee zwiaux ee bogteg si thoankaux, m si kax Enggie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee zuo'iaux ee bok'teg si thoaan'kaux, m si kax Efng'gie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  My chief aim (purpose) is to spread the faith, not to teach English.
  我的主要目的是傳教不是教英文。

• zwiaux goan'yn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'iaux goaan'yn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  chief cause or reason
  主要原因

kax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax; (kaux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

teach, instruct, incite, instigate

教

• kax Taioaan-oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax Taai'oaan'oe; kax Taai'oaan-oe [[...]][i#] [p.]
  teach Taiwanese (dialect)
  教台灣話

• kax laang zøx hør (phvae) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax laang zøx hør (phvae) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  teach others to do good (evil)
  教人為善(惡)

kax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax; (kex, kar) [[...]][i#] [p.]

holiday, leave of absence

假

• zhunkar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhwn'kar; (zhwn'kax) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  spring vacation
  春假

• swkar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suo'kar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  summer vacation
  暑假

kax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax; (kex) [[...]][i#] [p.]

impute (blame, crime) to another (kex means marry a husband)

嫁

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

ride, to drive (a car), control, to pilot, excel, surpass, vehicles, an honorific epithet, the emperor

駕

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

prop, a stand, a rack, a frame, framework or scaffold, prop up, frame up (a charge), lay something on

架

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

thin and watery (as gruel, soup, paste)

稀

kax e tør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax e tør [[...]][i#] [p.]

fully able to teach

教得了

kax sai'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax say'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

teach apprentices

教徒弟

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

agree upon

約定

• Taixkef ciaux phirn ciaux kviaa tø hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'kef ciaux phirn ciaux kviaa tø hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It's sufficient that everyone do according to what was agreed upon.
  大家照約定來做就好。

• Phirn cit jit kax yn kviar kax nng tiafmzefng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phirn cit jit kax yn kviar kax nng tiarm'zefng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  She was expected to teach the child for two hours a day.
  約定一天教她的兒子兩個鐘頭。

thaai køef kax kaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thay kef kax kaau; thaai'køef-kax'kaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

kill a fowl as a warning to monkey — make an example of a man

殺雞儆猴

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