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zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie; (purn'tør-bie) [[...]] 

the customary rice, local rice, an inferior quality of rice

在來米

keng'iuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'iuu [[...]] 

pass through, go by way of

經由

• keng'iuu goaxkaupo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'iuu goa'kaw'po [[...]] 
  through the Foreign Ministry
  經由外交部

• keng'iuu Jidpurn laai Taioaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'iuu Jit'purn laai Taai'oaan [[...]] 
  come to Taiwan via Japan
  經由日本來台灣

kengkøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'koex; kefng'køex [[...]] 

go through, by way of, progress (of an affair or illness), lapse (of time)

經過

• Tuix Bykog kengkøex Jidpurn laai Taioaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix Bie'kog kefng'koex Jit'purn laai Taai'oaan.; Tuix Bie'kog kefng'køex Jit'purn laai Taai'oaan. [[...]] 
  came to Taiwan from the States by way of Japan
  從美國經過日本來台灣。

• Suxkvia ee kengkøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Su'kvia ee kefng'koex; Su'kvia ee kefng'køex [[...]] 
  development of an event
  事件的經過

• Pvexlaang ee kengkøex cyn hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pve'laang ee kefng'koex cyn hør.; Pve/Pvi'laang ee kefng'køex cyn hør. [[...]] 
  The patient is progressing favorably.
  病人的經過(進展) 很好

kinpurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kyn'purn [[...]] 

root, origin, basis (followed by a negative means "entirely not" or "(not) at all")

根本

• kinpurn m zaiviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kyn'purn m zay'viar [[...]] 
  don't know at all
  根本不知道道

• Y kinpurn mxbad laai kaux ciaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kyn'purn m'bad laai kaux ciaf. [[...]] 
  He has never been here at all.
  他根本沒來到這兒。

phahputbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'pud'bok [[...]] 

help victims of injustice, fall out, suddenly turn hostile

打抱不平,翻臉

• Yn pwnlaai si nar hviati lef, mxkuo cym'ar ykefng phahputbok af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn purn'laai si nar hviaf'ti lef, m'kuo cirm'ar ie'kefng phaq'pud'bok af. [[...]] 
  Formerly they were like brothers but now they have turned hostile.
  他們本來是像兄弟似的,不過現在已經翻臉了。

pwnlaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: purn'laai [[...]] 

originally, from the first, in itself, essentially

本來

pwnlaai biexnbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: purn'laai bien'bok [[...]] 

the true look, the color

本來面目

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