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- 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
- bøefbøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea'bøo; bøea'bøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
- not to have bought because it was not on sale or not on the market, no place to buy
- 買不到
- bøzhae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo zhae [[...]][i#] [p.]
- regrettable, unfortunate, unlucky, too bad, wasteful, unworthy
- 可惜
- bøzhae-kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae'kafng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- waste of effort, in vain, wasted effort
- 徒勞,沒用
- bøzhae cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae cvii; (bøo'zhae mih, ...) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- waste of money (thing, etc.)
- 浪費錢,東西等
- bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea [[...]][i#] [p.]
- use the means at hand, make an adjustment (Lit. If there is no ox, then use a horse.)
- 無牛用馬耕,事出無奈
- bøtaxng bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'taxng bea; bøo'taxng bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]
- cannot buy it anywhere
- 無處買,買不到
- zhagtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhak'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
- pierced, punctured
- 刺到
- zørog zørtok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'og zøx'tok; zøx/zøex'og zøx/zøex'tok [[...]][i#] [p.]
- act very wickedly
- 做惡做毒,為非做歹
- Zørog zørtok, khia'bea logkhok, høfsym høfheng, bøo svaf thafng zheng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx'og zøx'tok, khiaa'bea lok'khok, hør'sym hør'heng, bøo svaf thafng zheng.; Zøx/zøex'og zøx/zøex'tok, khiaa'bea lok'khok, hør'sym hør'heng, bøo svaf thafng zheng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- The evil are prosperous, the good have a hard time.
- 為非做歹洋洋得意,為善反而不得好報。
- guu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu; (giuu) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- ox, cow, bull
- 牛
- Gu'thaau bøo tuix befzhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Guu'thaau bøo tuix bea'zhuix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- not to the point, unconnected, incongruous (Lit. The head of an ox does not match the mouth of a horse.)
- 牛頭不對馬嘴,文不對題
- ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka [[...]][i#] [p.]
- for, to, from, on. The Taiwanese have a little gimmick in regard to the use of this preposition "ka". The direct object of very many verbs can be placed before the verb and preceded by "ka"
- 給,跟
- oanzerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oaan'zerng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- complete, integrated, intact
- 完整
- sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae [[...]][i#] [p.]
- use, employ, to make, to act
- 使
- taxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taxng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- place to...
- 地方