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Searched Maryknoll for "bøo boea", found 11,

bøthaau bøbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'thaau bøo'boea; bøo'thaau bøo'bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]

incomplete, incomprehensible, nonsensical, no beginning or end (Lit. no head no tail)

無頭無尾

tortoise, turtle

龜

kimkuafchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'kw'ar'chiaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
beetle-shaped Volkswagen
金龜車

mixkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mi'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
turtle-shaped cakes made of flour
麵龜

siuxkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
turtle-shaped cakes made on birthdays
壽龜

kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau phoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau phoee; kw chiøx piq bøo bøea, piq chiøx kw kau phøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
deride or denounce another's fault which the denouncer himself also has, though in a smaller degree, the kettle calls the pot black — much the same, fifty and fifty
龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜皮厚,五十步笑百步

piq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piq; (pied) [[...]][i#] [p.]

turtle, fresh water turtle

鱉

kukw pihpiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw'kw piq'piq [[...]][i#] [p.]
tricky, sly, slick, crafty, not straight forward, not forthright
狡猾的,不乾脆

kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kauxphoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau'phoee; kw chiøx piq bøo bøea, piq chiøx kw kau'phøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
deride, denounce another's fault which the denouncer himself also has, though in a smaller degree — the kettle calls the pot black
龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜皮厚,五十步笑百步。

u thaau bøo bøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u thaau bøo boea; u thaau bøo bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]

leave a job incomplete or unfinished, quit doing something halfway, a thing given up before it is finished

有頭無尾

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