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buu ioxngbuo cy te [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu iong'buo cy te; buu iong'buo cy tøe [[...]][i#] [p.]

wasted talent, big fish in a little pond, "Full many a flower is made to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air." (Lit. no room to use one's martial arts)

無用武之地

bwlek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo'lek [[...]][i#] [p.]

military power, by force

武力

• iong bwlek apzex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong buo'lek ab'zex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  ride roughshod over
  用武力壓制

• iong bwlek kaykoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong buo'lek kae'koad [[...]][i#] [p.]
  resort to arms, settle a dispute with arms
  用武力解決

ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

stone lion found at the entrance of many temples

石獅

• phaq ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carve a stone lion
  彫石獅

• iong padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say; iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør/buo zefng ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  use someone for your own advantage, to hurt someone for one's own benefits (Lit. use someone else's fist to carve a stone dragon.)
  用別人的拳頭打石獅,損人利己。

Enghioong buu ioxngbuo cy te. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Efng'hioong buu iong'buo cy te.; Efng'hioong buu iong'buo cy tøe. [[...]][i#] [p.]

The hero has no chance to use his might. — no opportunity to use one's talent(s).

英雄無用武之地.

ioxngbuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong'buo; (iong buo'lek) [[...]][i#] [p.]

resort to force of arms, use violence

用武,用武力

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