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bøo bin thafng kvix laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo bin thafng kvix laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

feeling ashamed to see others because of some awkward, inconvenient, or shameful state of matters

無臉見人

cit ee bin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit ee bin [[...]][i#] [p.]

face

一面

• Kvix cit ee bin ma hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kvix cit ee bin ma hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  To meet him wouldn't hurt anything.
  見一面也好。

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

perceive, interview, to grant an interview, meet with

見,謁見

• Y boeq laai kvix zofngthorng, mxkuo zofngthorng bøo aix kvix y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y boeq laai kvix zorng'thorng, m'kuo zorng'thorng bøo aix kvix y.; Y bøeq laai kvix zorng'thorng, m'kuo zorng'thorng bøo aix kvix y. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He would like to see the president, but the president doesn't want to see him (grant him an interview).
  他要來謁見總統,可是總統不要接見他。

• bexkviezerngtid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'kvix'zexng'tid; bøe-kvix'zexng-tid; (be'kvix'tid'zexng) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not fit to be looked into (e.g., a matter that is shameful or has a serious flaw)
  見不得人

kvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix; (kiexn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

whenever

每,每逢

• Y kvix laai, goar kvix bøo ti le. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kvix laai, goar kvix bøo ti le. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Whenever he comes, I am not at home.
  每逢他來,我都不在。

• kiexn y, kiexn hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiexn y, kiexn hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Whenever he prescribes, the patient recovers.
  每醫每好

kvix thienjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix thiefn'jit [[...]][i#] [p.]

see the heaven and the sun — see justice prevail, emerge from misery (literally)

見天日

thviaf`kvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thviaf'kvix [[...]][i#] [p.]

to hear (Lit. perceive by listening), can hear (have the faculty or power to hear), hear something without the express purpose or intention of listening to it

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