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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

bøefhøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boea'hoe; bøea'høe [[...]][i#] [p.]

last member of a private lending association in which each member puts in a deposited amount of money each month and they bid on who will get the money each month. The one with the lowest bid gets the money that month.

尾會

• Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar bøeq zøx bøefhøe khaq u lixseg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar boeq zøx boea'hoe khaq u li'seg.; Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar bøeq zøx bøea'høe khaq u li'seg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't want to bid for lending the money, I'll be "boe-hoe" so I get more interest.
  我都不標,我要作尾會,比較有利息。

zoafthaau-zoafbøea bøo lie ee miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoar'thaau zoar'boea bøo lie ee miaa; zoar'thaau-zoar'bøea bøo lie ee miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

Your name is not on the paper.

紙頭紙尾沒你的名字,無法證明是你的權利

kw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw [[...]][i#] [p.]

tortoise, turtle

龜

• kimkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  gold beetle
  金龜

• 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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