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ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq (paq) [[...]][i#] [p.]

one hundred (used as a substitute some times for pah but never used for any sum less than two hundred)

百

• nngxahkao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng'aq'kao (svaf'aq'peq) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very rough cloth or hands
  兩百玖(肆百捌)

• sieahchid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'aq'chid (go'aq'siab'lak) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good fortune which one doesn't deserve, illegal gains
  四百柒(伍百肆拾陸)

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

request for postponement of payment, delivery or completion

延,拖延,限

• Hid tiaau cvii (hid niar svaf) y køq an svaf jit. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid tiaau cvii (hid niar svaf) y køq an svaf jit. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He asked for three more days to return the money (to return the shirt).
  那筆錢(那件衣服)他又拖三天。

• Y an cit pae koex cit pae iao m heeng goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y an cit pae koex cit pae iao m heeng goar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Again and again he put off returning it.
  他一拖再拖還不還我。

• be axntid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be an'tid bøe an'tid [[...]][i#] [p.]
  can't be put off
  不能拖延。

• ho goar an cide [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho goar an cit'e [[...]][i#] [p.]
  give me a little time to get something done
  讓我拖延一下。

Bøefbøe sngx hwn, siøchviar bøo lun./Bøefbøe sngx hwn, svachviar bøo lun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bea'be sngx'hwn, siøf'chviar bøo'lun. Bøea'bøe sngx hwn, siøf/svaf'chviar bøo lun. [[...]][i#] [p.]

In trade, people count to a fraction, in treatment of guests, don't count the expense

買賣算分,相請不計較

bexhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hør bøe'hør [[...]][i#] [p.]

describes an incurable sickness, a hopeless case, work which it is not possible to finish or get done

不會好,好不了。

• Y ee pve bexhør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee pve be'hør. Y ee pve bøe'hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He cannot recover from his sickness.
  他的病不會好。

• Cid ee khangkhoex køq zøx svajit, iao zøx bexhør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee khafng'khoex køq zøx svaf'jit, iao zøx be'hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This job cannot be completed in only three more days.
  這個工作再三天還做不完。

bexkviezerngtid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'kvix'zexng'tid [[...]][i#] [p.]

unfit to be looked at publicly, as man or affair all incorrect, ugly, dirty

見不得人

• Cid niar svaf bexkviezerngtid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf be'kvix'zexng'tid. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This shirt is terrible looking. (very dirty or out-of-date)
  這件衣服見不得人。

bøzhae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo zhae [[...]][i#] [p.]

regrettable, unfortunate, unlucky, too bad, wasteful, unworthy

可惜

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