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bexkaokhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'kaux'khuix; bøe'kaux'khuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

can't be satisfied

不能滿意

• Zøx na bexkaokhuix putjuu maix zøx khaq viaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx na be'kaux'khuix pud'juu maix zøx khaq viaa.; Zøx/Zøex na bøe'kaux'khuix pud'juu maix zøx khaq viaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you can't do it so you are satisfied it best not to do it at all.
  做得不滿意,不如不做比較好。

bengjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'jiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

man who is above board in his dealings, an upright person

明人

• Bengjiin pud zøx armsu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Beeng'jiin pud zøx axm'su.; Beeng'jiin pud zøx/zøex axm'su. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  honest man does not engage in clandestine dealings
  明人不做暗事

busor putzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'sor pud'zøx; (buu'sor pud'zog, buu'sor pud'uii) [[...]][i#] [p.]

there is nothing that (he) will not do (generally refers to evil), given to every vice

無所不作,無所不為

id putzøx ji put'hiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id pud'zøx ji pud'hiw; id pud'zøx/zøex ji pud'hiw [[...]][i#] [p.]

do something by hook or by crook, not to stop half way once a thing is started

一不做二不休

ko'putciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'pud'ciofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

having no alternative but to do it, unavoidably, be compelled to do

不得已

• ko'putciofng ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'pud'ciofng ee sii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in an unavoidable case, if necessary
  不得已的時候

• u ko'putciofng ee suxzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u kof'pud'ciofng ee su'zeeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Owing to circumstances beyond control
  有不得已的事情

• Goar mxsi aix afnny, si ko'putciofng zøx ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar m'si aix arn'ny, si kof'pud'ciofng zøx ee.; Goar m'si aix arn'ny, si kof'pud'ciofng zøx/zøex ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I did it of necessity, not of choice.
  我不想這樣,是不得已做的

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

scrape together (corn, sand) a rake without teeth, scraper

扒

• pud zørhoea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud zøx'hoea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  scrape together
  扒在一起

• pud purnsøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud puxn'søx [[...]][i#] [p.]
  scrape dirt together
  掃集垃圾

putgo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'go [[...]][i#] [p.]

without fail

不誤

• ciaozøx putgo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaux'zøx pud'go; ciaux'zøx/zøex pud'go [[...]][i#] [p.]
  do as one pleases regardless of the consequences
  照做不誤

putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'juu; (pud'jii) [[...]][i#] [p.]

there is no better way than to..., cannot be better than, not equal to, would rather... than...

不如

• putjuu maix khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'juu maix khix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You had better not go.
  不如不去

• Na boeq zørzhat, putjuu sie khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na boeq zøx'zhat, pud'juu sie khaq hør.; Na bøeq zøx/zøex'zhat, pud'juu sie khaq hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I would rather die than to steal.
  若要做賊,不如去死。

putkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'kay [[...]][i#] [p.]

improper, ought not

不該

• Afnny zøx, cyn putkay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Arn'ny zøx, cyn pud'kay.; Arn'ny zøx/zøex, cyn pud'kay. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It is improper to do it this way.
  這樣做,真不該。

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