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not until, then and only then, not before, provided that, unless, not until after, only after, namely, some action will not take place unless or until a previous action has occurred or some specific circumstance is fulfilled

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Goar ciah par ciaq boeq khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ciah par ciaq boeq khix.; Goar ciah par ciaq bøeq khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
I am not going until after I have finished eating.
我吃過飯才要去。

Thienzuo ciaq zaiviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thiefn'zuo ciaq zay'viar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Only God knows.
天主才知道。

U sidzai khvoarkvix ciaq thafng korng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U sit'zai khvoax'kvix ciaq thafng korng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Only if you really saw it, may you speak.
要確實看見才可以說。

U pexbuo ciaq u larn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U pe'buo ciaq u larn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
There had to be parents before we were.
先有父母才有我們。

Ciah bøo svajit zhaix, ciu sviuxboeq cviu sethiefn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah bøo svaf'jit zhaix, ciu sviu'boeq cviu sef'thiefn.; Ciah bøo svaf'jit zhaix, ciu sviu'bøeq cviu sef'thiefn. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Rome was not built in a day. (Lit. Having been a vegetarian for only three days, already expects to attain nirvana.)

吃不到三天素,就想上西天。

cinhog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cyn'hog [[...]][i#] [p.]

true happiness

真福

thientoong ee cinhog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiefn'toong ee cyn'hog [[...]][i#] [p.]
happiness of Heaven
天堂的真福

cin jinsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cin jiin'su [[...]][i#] [p.]

do everything one ought to do and hope that fate will take care of the rest

盡人事

cin jinsu ie thexng thienbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cin jiin'su ie thexng thiefn'beng [[...]][i#] [p.]
do one's best and leave the rest to Heaven
盡人事以聽天命

cioong thiefn jii kaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cioong thiefn jii kaxng [[...]][i#] [p.]

descend from heaven (literally) very unexpectedly, deus ex machina

從天而降

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

connective particle meaning then, undergo, assume, come or go to, namely, as soon as, as a natural consequence, thereupon, naturally (Very often the Chinese use this little particle to balance a subordinate clause with the principal clause although there is no need of using such a word in English)

就

Na høfthvy ciu boeq khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na hør'thvy ciu boeq khix.; Na hør'thvy ciu bøeq khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
If the weather is good I am going.
如果天氣好就要去。

Lym khaq kau ee ka'py ciu be aix khuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lym khaq kau ee kaf'py ciu be aix khuxn.; Lym khaq kau ee kaf'py ciu bøe aix khuxn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
If you drink rather strong coffee you will not be sleepy.
喝較濃的咖啡就不想睡。

Goar ciah par ciu boeq khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ciah par ciu boeq khix.; Goar ciah par ciu bøeq khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
I'll go as soon as I have finished eating.
我吃飽就去。

Ciu afnny ciah, m biern zuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciu arn'ny ciah, m biern zuo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Eat it the way it is, it doesn't need to be cooked.
就這樣吃,不用煮。

Na bøo Thienzuo, ciu bøo thvite baxnbut. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na bøo Thiefn'zuo, ciu bøo thvy'te ban'but. [[...]][i#] [p.]
If there is no God, then there is no heaven or earth or anything.
要是沒有天主,就沒有天地萬物。

cviuxthvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'thvy; (sefng'thiefn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

ascend to heaven

上升,升天

Cviuxthvy bøo lo, jibte bøo mngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'thvy bøo lo, jip'te bøo mngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
no way out, no way to escape (Lit. no way to reach heaven and no door into the ground. (said of one or by one in desperate straits)
上天無路, 入地無門。

zofnglerng thiensiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zorng'lerng thiefn'siin; (zorng'lerng thiefn'saix) [[...]][i#] [p.]