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bagciw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw [[...]][i#] [p.]

eye

眼睛

• bagciw bøe tngfluun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw be tngr'luun; bak'ciw bøe tngr'luun [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eyes immovable like when about to die, or in a long, steady stare, staring at something
  眼睛不能翻轉,直瞪眼。

• bagciw kym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw kym [[...]][i#] [p.]
  sharpness of the vision, clear sightedness, a keen eye
  眼睛亮

• bagciw kimkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw kym'kym [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very vivid or lively eyes, brilliant eyes, shiny eyes, spark-eyed
  睜著眼睛,眼睛張著

• Bagciw bøo kym, bøexhiao khvoax hør phvae laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bak'ciw bøo kym, be'hiao khvoax hør phvae laang.; Bak'ciw bøo kym, bøe'hiao khvoax hør phvae laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If your eyes are not sharp, you can't tell the difference between good and bad people.
  眼不亮,不會辨別好人壞人。

• Y bagciw kimkym, bøo teq khuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bak'ciw kym'kym, bøo teq khuxn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His eyes are wide open, he's not sleeping.
  他眼睛張著,沒睡。

• bagciw koax mnglii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw koax mngg'lii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  said of a child's eyes not washed in the morning, bleary-eyed
  睡眼惺忪

• bagciw koax tawkaix, khvoartiøh laang ee mih tø bøeq aix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw koax tao'kaix, khvoax'tiøh laang ee mih tø boeq aix.; bak'ciw koax tao'kaix, khvoax'tiøh laang ee mih tø bøeq aix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He's selfish, every thing he sees, he wants.
  見了他人財物就想要,佔為己有。

• bagciw pehkhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw peq'khuy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  open the eyes
  張開眼睛

• bagciw pehkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw peq'kym [[...]][i#] [p.]
  open the eyes, wake up
  眼睛睜開

• Cid ee gyn'ar bagciw pehkym ciu bøeq ciah pviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar bak'ciw peq'kym ciu boeq ciah pviar.; Cid ee girn'ar bak'ciw peq'kym ciu bøeq ciah pviar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  As soon as this kid opens his eyes, he wants to eat goodies.
  這個孩子眼睛一睜開就要吃餅。

• bagciw pefngpeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw perng'peh [[...]][i#] [p.]
  turning the white of the eyes, as in anger or when about to die
  眼睛翻白

• bagciw tiafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw tiafm [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eye is smarting because of a foreign object
  眼睛刺痛

• bagciw tngfluun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw tngr'luun [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eyes turned to show the whites
  眼睛翻轉

• bagciw toaxsealuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw toa'sex'luie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  looking at things with uneven eyes, treat with partiality, partial
  私偏,不公

• bagciw phwphuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw phuo'phuo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the eyes become blurred, sight grows dim, eyes not seeing clearly, as from old age, illness, or liquor
  眼睛朦朧

bixpitjieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'pid'jieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

not necessarily so

未必然

• Høfgiaqlaang bixpitjieen khoaelok. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hør'giah'laang bi'pid'jieen khoaix'lok. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The rich are not always happy.
  有錢人未必快樂。

zhutsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'syn [[...]][i#] [p.]

be a graduate of a university, be a native of, rise from poverty to wealth and rank

出身

• Y si Taioaan Taixhak zhutsyn ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si Taai'oaan Tai'hak zhud'syn ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is a graduate of the National University of Taiwan.
  他是台灣大學出身的。

• Yn thaethaix si høfgiaqlaang zhutsyn ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn thaix'thaix si hør'giah'laang zhud'syn ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His wife came from a rich family.
  他太太是出身於有錢人家。

ciaxmsii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciam'sii [[...]][i#] [p.]

for the time being, momentary, temporary

暫時

• Goar laang bøo twhør, ciaxmsii boeq hiøhkhuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar laang bøo tuo'hør, ciam'sii boeq hiøq'khuxn.; Goar laang bøo tuo'hør, ciam'sii bøeq hiøq'khuxn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am not feeling well, I want to rest for the time being.
  我人不舒服,要暫時休息。

• Cid kefng serngtngg si ciaxmsii ee, cionglaai boeq khie cit kefng syn ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kefng sexng'tngg si ciam'sii ee, ciofng'laai boeq khie cit kefng syn ee.; Cid kefng sexng'tngg si ciam'sii ee, ciofng'laai bøeq khie cit kefng syn ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This is a temporary chapel, later on we want to build a new one.
  這間聖堂是暫時的,將來要蓋一間新的。

zngzøex/zngzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zngf'zøx; zngf'zøx/zøex; (zngf'zoex) [[...]][i#] [p.]

disguise, pretend, assume a false, counterfeit or feigned appearance, to fake merchandise

扮成,偽裝

• Phvaylaang zngzøx høflaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'laang zngf'zøx hør'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bad man putting on a false appearance of goodness
  壞人偽裝成好人。

• Y zngzøx za'bofee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y zngf'zøx zaf'bor'ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He disguised himself as a woman.
  他扮成女人。

zøxheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zø'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

model

造型

• Laang hiaam hid kefng zhux ee zøxheeng bøo hør khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang hiaam hid kefng zhux ee zø'heeng bøo hør khvoax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  People say that the shape of that home doesn't look good.
  有人嫌那間房子的造型不好看。

zørlaang cyn hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'laang cyn hør [[...]][i#] [p.]

behave kindly or well, a man of personality

為人很好

exng laang ee lixpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: exng laang ee li'pien [[...]][i#] [p.]

to help people, to make things easier for people

給予別人方便

• Goar zøx taixcix na extaxng exng laang ee lixpien tø hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zøx tai'cix na e'taxng exng laang ee li'pien tø hør.; Goar zøx/zøex tai'cix na øe'taxng exng laang ee li'pien tø hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If what I do helps people or makes things easier for them, that's all I want.
  我做事情如果能夠給予人方便就好。

høfgiah-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'giah'laang; hør'giah-laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

rich man

富有的人

høflaang høfsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'laang hør'su [[...]][i#] [p.]

good person and exemplary deeds

好人好事

høflaang øq zøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'laang øq zøx; hør'laang øq zøx/zøex [[...]][i#] [p.]

difficult to please everybody (It's difficult to be a good person. One always gets the blame from somebody no matter how fair and just he tries to be.)

好人難做

hogku [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hok'ku [[...]][i#] [p.]

return to the past, to restore it like it was before

復古

• U kae cyn ze, mxkuo u laang korng aix hogku khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U kae cyn ze, m'kuo u laang korng aix hok'ku khaq hør.; U kae cyn zøe, m'kuo u laang korng aix hok'ku khaq hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It was changed very much but people say that it was better before.
  有改很多,不過有人說要復古比較好。

iauchviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaw'chviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

invite, invitation

邀請

• Laang høfix iauchviar, bøo khix karm be phvaysex? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang hør'ix iaw'chviar, bøo khix karm be phvae'sex?; Laang hør'ix iaw'chviar, bøo khix karm bøe phvae'sex? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When someone invites with good intentions, how can it not be bad manners not to go?
  別人好意邀請,不去怎麼好意思?

iaolerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaux'lerng [[...]][i#] [p.]

crux of a matter, the point, the way of doing something, the gist

要領

• Hid ee laang iaolerng cyn hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang iaux'lerng cyn hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is a shrewd man. He does everything well.
  那個人要領很好。

• Y kofng'oe ee iaolerng cyn bae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y korng'oe ee iaux'lerng cyn bae.; (Y korng'oe pud teg iaux'lerng.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I can't get the point of his argument at all. I cannot make him out at all.
  他講話的要領很差,他講話不得要領。

• M zaiviar iaolerng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M zay'viar iaux'lerng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't know how to do it.
  不懂要領

kax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax; (kaux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

teach, instruct, incite, instigate

教

• kax Taioaan-oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax Taai'oaan'oe; kax Taai'oaan-oe [[...]][i#] [p.]
  teach Taiwanese (dialect)
  教台灣話

• kax laang zøx hør (phvae) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax laang zøx hør (phvae) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  teach others to do good (evil)
  教人為善(惡)

keg høfgiaqlaang phaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keg hør'giah'laang phaix [[...]][i#] [p.]

take on the airs and appearance of a wealthy man when really not so

裝有錢人的派頭

kengkøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'koex; kefng'køex [[...]][i#] [p.]

go through, by way of, progress (of an affair or illness), lapse (of time)

經過

• Tuix Bykog kengkoex Jidpurn laai Taioaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix Bie'kog kefng'koex Jit'purn laai Taai'oaan.; Tuix Bie'kog kefng'køex Jit'purn laai Taai'oaan. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  came to Taiwan from the States by way of Japan
  從美國經過日本來台灣。

• Suxkvia ee kengkoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Su'kvia ee kefng'koex; Su'kvia ee kefng'køex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  development of an event
  事件的經過

• Pvexlaang ee kengkoex cyn hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pve'laang ee kefng'koex cyn hør.; Pve/Pvi'laang ee kefng'køex cyn hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The patient is progressing favorably.
  病人的經過(進展) 很好

khngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khngx; (khoaxn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

exhort

勸

• khngx y mxthafng ciaqhwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khngx y m'thafng ciah'hwn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  advise him to refrain from smoking
  勸他不要抽煙。

• khngx laang zøx hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khngx laang zøx hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  exhort others to do good
  勸人為善

khvoarexzhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'e'zhud; khvoax'øe'zhud [[...]][i#] [p.]

can distinguish

看得出,能辨別

• Høflaang phvaylaang, lie khvoarexzhud be? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hør'laang phvae'laang, lie khvoax'e'zhud be?; Hør'laang phvae'laang, lie khvoax'øe'zhud bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Can you distinguish good people from bad people?
  好人壞人,你能辨別嗎?

ko'hu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'hu [[...]][i#] [p.]

behave ungratefully, requite kindness with ingratitude, disappoint, be unfaithful to a person

辜負

• ko'hu laang ee høfix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'hu laang ee hør'ix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  act ungratefully after receiving other's good wishes
  辜負人的好意

• ko'hu lirn lauxpe chi lie kaq ciaq toaxhaxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'hu lirn lau'pe chi lie kaq ciaq toa'haxn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  waste your father's efforts in bringing you up.
  辜負你父親養育你這麼大

kvoaun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvoaf'un [[...]][i#] [p.]

official reputation

官運

• Y ee kvoaun bøo hør, zøx kuisielaang lorng bøo sengkvoaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee kvoaf'un bøo hør, zøx kuy'six'laang lorng bøo sefng'kvoaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His official reputation is not good so he worked a lifetime but didn't get an advancement.
  他的官運不好,當了一輩子都沒升官。

kuxtøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ku'tea; ku'tøea; (purn'tea) [[...]][i#] [p.]

originally

本來

• Y kuxtea si høfgiaqlaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ku'tea si hør'giah'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He originally was a rich man.
  他本來是有錢人。

Laang bøo zhengjit hør, hoef bøo pahjit aang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang bøo zhefng'jit hør, hoef bøo paq'jit aang. [[...]][i#] [p.]

people aren't good for 1000 days, flower aren't red for 100 days — Life is transitory, Nothing is certain in this world

人無千日好,花無百日紅。

mxhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'hør [[...]][i#] [p.]

not good, not proper, not well

不好,不可

• Afnnef zøx cyn mxhør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Arn'nef zøx cyn m'hør.; Arn'nef zøx/zøex cyn m'hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It is very bad to do so.
  這樣做很不好。

• Y laang teq mxhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang teq m'hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is sick.
  他欠安。

• Mxhør khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'hør khix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't go!
  不要去。

mxtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]

must, must be

必須

• Lie mxtiøh khaq kutlat lex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie m'tiøh khaq kud'lat lex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You must be more diligent.
  你必須努力點。

• Afnnef, lie mxtiøh si høflaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Arn'nef, lie m'tiøh si hør'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Well then, you must be a good man!
  這樣,你就是好人囉!

paktngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pag'tngg [[...]][i#] [p.]

disposition of the heart (good-hearted or bad-hearted)

度量,腹

• Y ee paktngg cyn hør, tviaxtvia teq pangzo laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee pag'tngg cyn hør, tvia'tvia teq pafng'zo laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His heart is very good, he is always helping people.
  他的度量很好,常常幫助別人。

siexnjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sien'jiin; (hør'laang) [[...]][i#] [p.]

good people, kindhearted and benevolent fellow

善人,好人

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