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

dare, presume, to venture. Is it possible that... (an initial interrogative particle which asks a question meant to be answered in the negative, thus equal to a strong affirmation of the opposite)

豈,難道

• Lie karm m zaiviar? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie karm m zay'viar? [[...]] 
  You certainly know, don't you? Is it possible that you don't know?
  難道你不知道嗎?

• Lie karm bøo cvii? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie karm bøo cvii? [[...]] 
  You mean to tell me you have no money?
  難道你沒錢嗎?

• Karm afnny? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Karm arn'ny? [[...]] 
  How can it be?
  真的嗎?

• Lie karm bøo bøeq khix? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie karm bøo boeq khix?; Lie karm bøo bøeq khix? [[...]] 
  You certainly are going, aren't you?
  難道你不去嗎?

karm-mxsi? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: karm m'si; karm-m'si? [[...]] 

how can it be otherwise (surely it is)

難道不是

kan'og [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'og [[...]] 

treacherous, malicious

奸惡

• Lieen pexbør tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kan'og? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lieen pe'bør tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kafn'og?; Lieen pe'bør/buo tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kafn'og? [[...]] 
  Even the parents dare kill someone, how malicious can a person get?
  連父母都敢殺了,難道不夠奸惡嗎?

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

How? An interrogative particle which implies a dissenting answer. In colloquial usually "kam" is used:

豈,難道

• Khie iuo zhwlie? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khie iuo zhuo'lie? [[...]] 
  What kind of reasoning is that?
  豈有此理?

phvoarteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvoax'teng [[...]] 

decide judgment

判定

• Lie afnny phvoarteng, karm u symmiq zerngkix? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie arn'ny phvoax'teng, karm u sirm'miq zexng'kix? [[...]] 
  You decided the case that way, do you have any proof?
  你這樣判定,難道有證據嗎?

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