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biefnchix senghak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'chix sefng'hak [[...]][i#] [p.]
advance to a higher school without being required to take the entrance examination
免試升學

biin pud liausefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biin pud liaau'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

people have nothing to live upon

民不聊生

binsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biin'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

necessities of life

民生

binsefng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biin'sefng bun'tee; biin'sefng bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]

problem of the people's livelihood

民生問題

Binsefng zwgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Biin'sefng'zuo'gi; Biin'sefng zuo'gi [[...]][i#] [p.]

Principle of the People's Livelihood (one of the Three Principles of the People)

民生主義

bosefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boo'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

plan to make a living, consider how to make a livelihood

謀生

zhutgoa bosefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'goa boo'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]
go out to make a living
出外謀生

Nilau bøo hoatto thafng bosefng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nii'lau bøo hoad'to thafng boo'sefng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
When you are old, you can't make a living.
年老無法謀生。

boxsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bo'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

grow luxuriantly

茂生

boafnlieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'lieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

old, late in life

晚年

Y boafnlieen ee seng'oah cyn kankhor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y boarn'lieen ee sefng'oah cyn kafn'khor. [[...]][i#] [p.]
His later life was very difficult.
他的晚年生活很痛苦。

boat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boat; (boat'li, boat'thaxn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

little profit

利薄,小利

Kixnlaai ee senglie cyn boat (boadli, boadthaxn). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kin'laai ee sefng'lie cyn boat (boat'li, boat'thaxn).; Kin/Kun'laai ee sefng'lie cyn boat (boat'li, boat'thaxn). [[...]][i#] [p.]
Recently business hasn't been too profitable.
近來生意難做(利薄,賺少)

Kangcvii cyn boat. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kafng'cvii cyn boat. [[...]][i#] [p.]
poor wages
工資極少

boefaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boea'af; bøea'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

at the end, at last

後來

Taixsefng lorng mxzaiviar, kaux boefaf ciaq zaiviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'sefng lorng m'zay'viar, kaux boea'af ciaq zay'viar.; Tai'sefng lorng m'zay'viar, kaux bøea`ar ciaq zay'viar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
At first I didn't know anything about it, it was only later on that understood it.
起先都不知道,後來才知道。

bøexzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boe'zeng; bøe'zeeng/zeng; (bi'zeng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

never before, before

未曾

Boexzeng øh kviaa, ciu (sefng) boeq øh poef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boe'zeng øh kviaa, ciu (sefng) boeq øh poef.; Bøe'zeng øh kviaa, ciu (sefng) bøeq øh pøef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Before I learned to walk, I already was thinking about flying.
未曾學走,就想學飛。

Boexzeng sviu viaa, sefng sviu sw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boe'zeng sviu viaa, sefng sviu sw.; Bøe'zeng sviu viaa, sefng sviu sw. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Before you think of winning, first think of losing.
未想贏,就想輸。

Boexzeng keaafng ciw svekviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boe'zeng kex'afng ciw svef'kviar.; Bøe'zeng kex'afng ciu svef/svy'kviar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Before she got married, she had a child.
未曾嫁人就生子。

Bogsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bok'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

the planet Jupiter

木星

bong jii seng'uix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bong jii sefng'uix [[...]][i#] [p.]

be awe-stricken by merely looking at it

望而生畏

busu senghuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'su sefng'huy [[...]][i#] [p.]

make trouble out of nothing

無事生非

butiofng-seng'iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'tiofng sefng'iuo; buu'tiofng-sefng'iuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

make something out of nothing, fabricate, invent, to frame up

無中生有

bunjiok susefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'jiok sw'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

an ineffectual scholar, pusillanimous bookworm

文弱書生

bunsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

pupil, disciple

門生

buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bun'tee; bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]

problem, question, exam questions

問題

bøo buxntee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo bun'tee [[...]][i#] [p.]
be out of the question, matters little
沒有問題

u buxntee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u bun'tee; u bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
come into question, cause trouble
有問題

hoatsefng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoad'sefng bun'tee; hoad'sefng bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
gives rise to questions, gives rise to certain problems,
發生問題

seng'oah buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah bun'tee; sefng'oah bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
the question of living, gaining a livelihood, matter of living
生活問題

budcid seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

physical life, material life

物質生活

zaesefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaix'sefng; (tioong'sefng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

be reborn, reincarnation

再生,重生

zaesefng ee huxbiør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaix'sefng ee hu'biør [[...]][i#] [p.]

an expression of gratitude for assistance in great difficulties (Lit. You are like my reborn parents.)

再生的父母

zaesengphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaix'sefng'phirn [[...]][i#] [p.]

reproduction, reclamation

再生品

zaixtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'tviuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

be present, on the spot

在場

zaixtviuu ee zu'ui siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'tviuu ee zw'ui siefn'svy [[...]][i#] [p.]
Gentlemen! (words used at the beginning of a talk)
在場的諸位先生

Hid ee suxkox hoatsefng ee sii, y ia zaixtviuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee su'kox hoad'sefng ee sii, y ia zai'tviuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
When the accident occurred he was also on the spot.
那個事故發生時,他也在場。

zawzuyar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'zuie'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

petty businessman who picks up small items to do business on his own account, sometimes smuggling goods on a small scale as a single individual

跑單幫

Y ka'ti bøo tiaxm, sofie lorng teq zøx zawzuyar senglie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kaf'ti bøo tiaxm, sor'ie lorng teq zøx zao'zuie'ar sefng'lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
He doesn't' have a store so he can only sell goods here and there to do business.
他自己沒有店,所以都在做流動生意。

zefng'ioong isefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zerng'ioong y'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

plastic surgeon

整容醫生

zengkaf sengsarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'kaf sefng'sarn; (zefng'sarn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

increase of production

增加生產,增產

zeeng kib tix sefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng kib tix sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

Good ideas come at times of crisis

情急智生

zengsiin seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'siin sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

spiritual or the inner life

精神生活

zhahpansefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaq'pafn'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

student from another school placed in another school according to his grade, student who enters another school according to his grade

插班生

zhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef; chvy; (chvy, sefng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

uncooked, raw, unripe, unfamiliar, strange, unknown, uncultured

生

phahzhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'zhvef; phaq'zhvef/chvy [[...]][i#] [p.]
eat raw oysters or fish
生食

zhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef; chvy; (chvy, sefng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

stars, planets, satellites

星

zhvesiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef'siin; zhvef/chvy'siin; (sefng'siin) [[...]][i#] [p.]

stars in general

星辰

chviar isefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviar y'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

send for a doctor

請醫生

chiahhoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaq'hoeq; chiaq'hoeq/huiq [[...]][i#] [p.]

cut the artery in the throat

刺血

Bøeq thaity tiøqaix sefng chiahhoeq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq thaai'ty tiøh'aix sefng chiaq'hoeq.; Bøeq thaai'ty tiøh'aix sefng chiaq'hoeq/huiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
When you butcher a pig you have to first cut it's throat.
要殺豬得先刺血。

chiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw; (sof) [[...]][i#] [p.]

search for a lost article, ransack, to rummage, search another's pockets or body

搜

Hengsu chiaw y ee sengkhw (zhuolai). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Heeng'su chiaw y ee sefng'khw (zhux'lai). [[...]][i#] [p.]
The detective searched him or his home.
刑事搜他的身體(屋子)。

chiausefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw'sefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

get a soul out of hell so as to be born again into the world (Buddhist), commute a death sentence

超生

chiokkerng sengzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiog'kerng sefng'zeeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

scenes or circumstances arouse a sense of joy or sorrow

觸景生情

chiwzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'zhexng [[...]][i#] [p.]

revolver, be mischievous

手槍,頑皮

Cid ee hagsefng cyn chiwzhexng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee hak'sefng cyn chiuo'zhexng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
This student is very mischievous.
這個學生很頑皮。

phaq-chiwzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq chiuo'zhexng; phaq-chiuo'zhexng [[...]][i#] [p.]
masturbation or to masturbate, (original meaning is to shoot a revolver), but now the less ambiguous term, "te-chheng", is used for revolver
手淫

zhorhae sengphøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhox'hae sefng'phøf [[...]][i#] [p.]