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hoafnkhie-hoafntør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'khie'hoarn'tør; hoarn'khie-hoarn'tør ⬆︎ [[...]] 

not dependable, always changing, fickle, capricious, can't determine things

反覆無常,時好時壞,沒主見,沒定性

• Lie kofng'oe hoafnkhyhoafntør, goar nar kvar siongsixn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie korng'oe hoarn'khie'hoarn'tør, goar nar kvar siofng'sixn. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  You are very fickle, how can I believe what you say.
  你說話反覆無常,我怎敢相信?

• Tviaxtvia teq hoafnkhie-hoafntør mxzay øe hør aq bøe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia teq hoarn'khie'hoarn'tør m'zay e hør ar be?; Tvia'tvia teq hoarn'khie-hoarn'tør m'zay øe hør aq bøe? ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  If your health is always changing, do you think you'll recover?
  常常時好時壞,不知會不會好?

iuthngthngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuu'thngf'thngf ⬆︎ [[...]] 

oily

油膩膩的

• Kuy sengkhw iuthngthngf, nar m khix voa khylaai søea? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kuy sefng'khw iuu'thngf'thngf, nar m khix voa khie'laai sea?; Kuy sefng'khw iuu'thngf'thngf, nar m khix voa khie'laai søea? ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Your clothes are all oily, why don't you take them off and wash them.
  全身油膩膩的,怎麼不去換起來洗?

kehthvikngf zaykhie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keq'thvy'kngf zae'khie ⬆︎ [[...]] 

next morning

隔天早上

• Eng'axm toax ciaf, kehthvikngf zaykhie ciaq tngfkhix, karm m hør? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Efng'axm toax ciaf, keq'thvy'kngf zae'khie ciaq tngr'khix, karm m hør? ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Stay here over night and return in the morning, okay?
  晚上住這裡,隔天早上才回去,不好嗎?

khvoax laang mxkhie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax laang m'khie; (khvoax laang bøo'khie) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

treat a person with contempt

看不起人家,瞧不起人

khvoax-mxkhie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'm'khie; khvoax-m/bøo'khie; (khvoax-bøo'khie) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

look down on, make light of

看不起,瞧不起

• Y khvoax goar bøkhie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khvoax goar bøo'khie. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  He undervalues me.
  他看不起我。

• Cid khoarn ee mih, y khvoarbøkhie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn ee mih, y khvoax'bøo'khie. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  He makes light of this kind of thing.
  這種東西,他看不上眼。

øeasøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oex'soex; øex'søex ⬆︎ [[...]] 

make a mess (with bits of paper, wood shavings), to litter

髒亂,弄髒亂

• Khautøliefn exexngtid khyhoea, mxkuo cyn oeasoex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khaw'tøf'liefn e'eng'tid khie'hoea, m'kuo cyn oex'soex.; Khaw'tøf'liefn øe'eng'tid khie'hoea, m'kuo cyn øex'søex. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  We can start fire with wood shavings, but they are messy.
  刨木屑可生火,但是很髒亂。

pefngkhie-pefngtør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: perng'khie'perng'tør; perng'khie-perng'tør ⬆︎ [[...]] 

shilly-shally, sometime good sometime bad

出爾反爾,時好時壞

• Y ee pvi pefngkhypefngtør, mxzay øe hør aq bøe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee pve perng'khie'perng'tør, m'zay e hør ar be?; Y ee pvi perng'khie'perng'tør, m'zay øe hør aq bøe? ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  His sickness is sometimes better and sometimes worst, don't know if he will regain his health or not?
  他的病時好時壞,不知會好否?

thiaukafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiaw'kafng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

of set purpose

故意

• Khvoax khylaai, zef mxsi y thiaukafng zøx ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khvoax khie'laai, zef m'si y thiaw'kafng zøx ee.; Khvoax khie'laai, zef m'si y thiaw'kafng zøx/zøex ee. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  It seems unlikely that he did it on purpose.
  看起來這不是他故意做的。

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