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🗣 Buu safm pud seeng lea. 🗣 (u: Buu safm pud seeng lea.) 無三不成禮。 [wt][mo] Bû sam put sîng lé. [#]

1. () || 送禮、致敬要一而再，再而三。比喻禮多人不怪。

🗣le: (u: Y zøx'laang cviaa khorng'khaix, nii'tafng'goeh'zeq lorng e khix saxng lea, siw'tiøh mih'kvia ee peeng'iuo na ka thef'sii, y lorng e korng “buu safm pud seeng lea”, au hoee ma køq kex'siok saxng.) 🗣 (伊做人誠慷慨，年冬月節攏會去送禮，收著物件的朋友若共推辭，伊攏會講「無三不成禮」，後回嘛閣繼續送。) (他做人非常慷慨，遇到過年過節都會送禮物給朋友，收到禮物的朋友要是婉謝，他都會說「無三不成禮」，下回還是繼續送。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣u: giok pud tog, pud seeng khix 玉不琢，不成器 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

玉不琢，不成器

🗣u: Bie'kog ee tiofng'sef'po pud'sii u kar'lee'ar'hofng ee guii'hai, zø'seeng svex'mia, zaai'sarn cyn toa ee surn'sid. 美國的中西部不時有絞螺仔風的危害，造成性命、財產真大的損失。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

美國的中西部經常有龍捲風的危害，造成生命、財產很大的損失。

🗣u: Lau cid'oaan jin'cyn phaq'pviax, m'køq sefng'kvoaf kaf'syn lorng bøo y ee hun, cid piexn y “ka Thvy'kofng ciøq tvar”, hioxng zuo'koarn iaw'kiuu kaf'syn, u seeng bøo seeng pud chiaang'zai, y ee iorng'khix tø tat'tid larn øf'lør. 老職員認真拍拚，毋過升官加薪攏無伊的份，這遍伊「共天公借膽」，向主管要求加薪，有成無成不常在，伊的勇氣就值得咱呵咾。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

老職員認真努力，不過升官加薪都沒他的份，這次他「向老天爺借膽」，向主管要求加薪，成不成功不一定，他的勇氣就值得我們誇獎。

🗣u: Y zøx'laang cviaa khorng'khaix, nii'tafng'goeh'zeq lorng e khix saxng lea, siw'tiøh mih'kvia ee peeng'iuo na ka thef'sii, y lorng e korng “buu safm pud seeng lea”, au hoee ma køq kex'siok saxng. 伊做人誠慷慨，年冬月節攏會去送禮，收著物件的朋友若共推辭，伊攏會講「無三不成禮」，後回嘛閣繼續送。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

他做人非常慷慨，遇到過年過節都會送禮物給朋友，收到禮物的朋友要是婉謝，他都會說「無三不成禮」，下回還是繼續送。

🗣u: Zøx tai'cix na pud'sii “thaau siøf'siøf, boea lerng'lerng”, beq seeng'kofng tø khaq øq`loq! 做代誌若不時「頭燒燒，尾冷冷」，欲成功就較僫囉！ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

做事情若總是「三分鐘熱度」，想成功就比較困難囉！

bøsiaf putseeng tiaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'siaf pud'seeng tiaxm [[...]] 

shop won't prosper unless it gives credit

不賒不成店

bukhar putsengsw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'khar pud'seeng'sw [[...]] 

it happened that... , There would have been no story to tell but for that coincidence.

無巧不成書

buu safm putsenglea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu safm pud'seeng'lea [[...]] 

everything comes in three's, omne trinum perfectum

無三不成禮

giok pud tog, pud seeng khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giok pud tog, pud seeng khix. [[...]] 

A person must be disciplined and educated to be a useful citizen. (Lit. Jade must be cut and chiseled to make it a useful vessel.)

玉不琢,不成器

hoex pud seeng kwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex pud seeng kwn; hoex pud seeng kwn [[...]] 

defeated and broken up to such a state that it can no longer be called an army, completely routed

潰不成軍

putseeng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'seeng bun'tee; pud'seeng bun'tøee [[...]] 

out of the question

不成問題

put'sengkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud seeng'khix [[...]] 

without promise of achievement, good-for-nothing

不成器

pud senglip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud seeng'lip [[...]] 

failure, miscarriage, fail, fall through

不成立

putseeng thefthorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'seeng thea'thorng [[...]] 

wildly (acting or talking), without regard to common practice or propriety

不成體統

safm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm; (svaf) [[...]] 

three

三

• putsafm putsux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'safm pud'sux [[...]] 
  grotesque, incongruities in shape, appearance, manner
  不三不四

• Buu safm pud seeng lea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Buu safm pud seeng lea. [[...]] 
  Misfortune comes three times in a row
  無三不成禮。

sengsu putciog, paixsu iwii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seeng'su pud'ciog, pai'su iuo'ii [[...]] 

have not enough capacity for success yet more than enough for disaster — apt to bungle

成事不足,敗事有餘。

siaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaf [[...]] 

buy or sell on credit

賒

• Goar siaf y cit koaxn ciuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar siaf y cit koaxn ciuo. [[...]] 
  I sold him a bottle of wine on credit.
  我賒他一瓶酒。

• Bøo siaf putseeng tiaxm, siaf liao tiaxm putseeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo siaf pud'seeng tiaxm, siaf liao tiaxm pud'seeng. [[...]] 
  Without giving credit one can't do business, but yet giving credit is ruinous.
  無賒不成店,賒了店不成。

tog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tog [[...]] 

carve, polish or work (a gem), cut or polish stones or jewels

琢

• giok puttog putsengkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giok pud'tog pud'seeng'khix [[...]] 
  if jade be not worked it does not become a useful article
  玉不琢不成器

• tiautog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaw'tog [[...]] 
  carve and work (a gem)
  雕琢

put'khienseeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'khieen'seeng [[...]] 

ungodly

put'sengkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'seeng'khix [[...]] 

worthless, good-for-nothing, cannot grow to become a person

不成器

putzarnseeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'zaxn'seeng [[...]] 

to disapprove; disapproval

不贊成

put'khienseeng 不虔誠 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'khieen'seeng [[...]] 

不虔誠

put'sengkhix 不成器 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'seeng'khix [[...]] 

不成器

putzarnseeng 不贊成 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'zaxn'seeng [[...]] 

(ce) disapproval; to disapprove

不贊成

u: sefng'seeng pud'siok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.224]

Sph : exceptional, uncommon

不俗

u: zar'jit pud'seeng'thiefn 早日 不成天 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.A0573] [#4114]

日頭早出be7好天 。 <>

u: pud'seeng 不成 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0737] [#49595]

( 文 ) 無成功 。 < 學業 ∼∼ ； 畫虎 ∼∼ 反類狗 ( kou2 ) 。 >

u: pud'seeng'but 不成物 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0737] [#49596]

( 文 ) m7成 ( chiaN5 ) 物件 。 <>

u: pud'seeng'jiin 不成人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0737] [#49597]

( 文 )<>

u: pud'seeng'khix 不成器 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0737] [#49598]

( 文 ) 無成物件 ， 無路用 。 <>

u: pud'seeng'pud'soaxn 不成不算 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0737] [#49599]

＝ [ 不成算 ] 。 <>

u: pud'seeng'soaxn 不成算 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0737] [#49600]

( 1 ) 無路用 。 ( 2 ) 形體等變形 。 <( 1 )∼∼∼-- e5人 ； 講kah一koa2話 ∼∼∼ 。 ( 2 ) chit粒柑仔chiaN5 ∼∼∼ 。 >

u: giok'pud'tog pud'seeng'khix 玉不琢 不成器 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.A0349] [#67512]

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