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Afn putkhør boong guii, ti putkhør boong loan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Afn pud'khør boong guii, ti pud'khør boong loan [[...]][i#] [p.]

Forget not danger when in safety, nor anarchy when in peace.

安不可忘危,治不可忘亂

baxnban putkhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'ban pud'khør [[...]][i#] [p.]

absolutely forbidden, by all means no, under no circumstance

萬萬不可

hayzuie putkhør tawliong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'zuie pud'khør tao'liong [[...]][i#] [p.]

Sea water is immeasurable

海水不可斗量

hiwbok putkhør tiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiuo'bok pud'khør tiaw [[...]][i#] [p.]

rotten wood cannot be carved

朽木不可雕

jiin putkhør mauxsioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin pud'khør mau'sioxng [[...]][i#] [p.]

Men cannot be judged by their looks. Don't judge a book by its cover.

人不可貌相

kachiuo putkhør goaxioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'chiuo pud'khør goa'ioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

Domestic scandals should not be publicized. Don't wash dirty linen in public.

家醜(家臭)不可外揚

lengkhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng'khør; (liong'khør) [[...]][i#] [p.]

rather, would rather, it is better, had better...

寧可,還是

• Na tiøh tau'haang, lengkhør sie khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na tiøh taau'haang, leeng'khør sie khaq hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I would rather die than to surrender.
  如要投降,寧可一死。

• Lengkhør suisii khix khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Leeng'khør suii'sii khix khaq hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You had better go at once.
  還是馬上去較好。

• Lengkhør sixn kii iuo, putkhør sixn kii buu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Leeng'khør sixn kii iuo, pud'khør sixn kii buu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It is better to believe that it exists than that it does not.
  寧可信其有,不可信其無。

lok putkhør cy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lok pud'khør cy [[...]][i#] [p.]

be beside oneself with happiness

樂不可支

mauxsioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mau'sioxng [[...]][i#] [p.]

judge someone on his appearance only

貌相

• Jiin putkhør mauxsioxng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiin pud'khør mau'sioxng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Men cannot be judged by their looks.
  人不可貌相。

oafn khør kae, putkhør kied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oafn khør kae, pud'khør kied [[...]][i#] [p.]

quarrel should be made up, not become a long feud

冤可解,不可結

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

should not, ought not

不可

putkhør khornglek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'khør khoxng'lek [[...]][i#] [p.]

irresistible force, "act of God"

不可抗力

putkhør siusip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'khør siw'sip [[...]][i#] [p.]

pandemonium, wild disorder or confusion, hopeless (situation), out of control

不可收拾

putkhør sugi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'khør sw'gi [[...]][i#] [p.]

inconceivable, uncanny, mysterious, unimaginable, beyond comprehension

不可思議

sinsexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siin'sexng [[...]][i#] [p.]

holy, sacred, divine

神聖

• sinsexng putkhør chimhoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siin'sexng pud'khør chym'hoan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  sacred and not to be violated, holy and inviolable
  神聖不可侵犯

sugi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sw'gi [[...]][i#] [p.]

thinkable, imaginable

思議

• putkhør sugi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'khør sw'gi [[...]][i#] [p.]
  inconceivable, beyond conception
  不可思議

su khør sad, putkhør jiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: su khør sad, pud'khør jiok [[...]][i#] [p.]

gentleman prefers death to humiliation

士可殺,不可辱

thienky putkhør lauxsied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiefn'ky pud'khør lau'sied; (thiefn'ky pud'khør siap'lau) [[...]][i#] [p.]

Heaven's secret must not be let out — said by a fortune teller when he is asked to explain minutely what he has said vaguely, said jokingly of a man who will not tell a secret

天機不可洩漏

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

tattoo, carve, to paint, engrave, adorn or decorate

彫,雕

• hiwbok putkhør tiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiuo'bok pud'khør tiaw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rotten wood cannot be carved — a bad natured person cannot receive moral instruction
  朽木不可雕

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