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arpax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ax'pax [[...]] 

selfish, covetous, tyrannical, usurp

霸道,專橫

• Y cyn arpax, lorng bøo sviu padlaang ee libtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn ax'pax, lorng bøo sviu pat'laang ee lip'tviuu [[...]] 
  He thinks of no one but himself.
  他很霸道,都不想別人的立場。

• Y bad arpax laang ee zhanhngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bad ax'pax laang ee zhaan'hngg. [[...]] 
  He encroached on other people's land.
  他曾霸佔人的田園。

aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq [[...]] 

duck, drake

鴨子

• Chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzay sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh'pvoax'aq'ar m'zay sie.; Chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay sie.; (Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar m zay sie'oah.) [[...]] 
  unaware of impending calamity (Refers to a duck in the middle of the seventh month, when ducks are usually offered to the spirits of the dead, yet do not know enough to fear death. — Similar to a turkey just before Thanksgiving), used to scold someone who is without fear in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  危在旦夕,還不知。

• ah'afzhuix borng løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar'zhuix borng løf [[...]] 
  make an attempt or ask a favor with very small hope of success but may just as well make the attempt (like a duck's bill dabbling about in the air while eating)
  姑妄要求

• ah'ar thviaf luii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar thviaf luii [[...]] 
  hear what someone says but cannot understand (like a duck hearing thunder not knowing what all the noise is about)
  鴨子聽打雷,聽不懂

• ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee; aq'bør/buo-tøee [[...]] 
  flat footed clumsily gaited person (Lit. sole of a duck's foot), a man whose foot is very broad and flat at the instep instead of having the usual concave)
  平板腳

ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq; (paq) [[...]] 

one hundred (used as a substitute some times for pah but never used for any sum less than two hundred)

百

• nngxahkao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng'aq'kao; (six'aq'peq) [[...]] 
  $290 ($480)
  兩百玖(肆百捌)

• sieahchid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'aq'chid; (go'aq'siab'lak) [[...]] 
  $470 ($546)
  四百柒(伍百肆拾陸)

armpvoaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'pvoaa [[...]] 

price or quotation which is kept from public knowledge but made known to a selected few

暗盤

armsorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'sorng [[...]] 

internally very happy about something but don't want to show it externally

暗地高興

aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aan [[...]] 

tight

緊

• Pak bøo aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pak bøo aan [[...]] 
  tied but not tight, not tied tight
  沒綁緊

• Chiwthaau cyn aan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiuo'thaau cyn aan. [[...]] 
  lacking money
  手頭很緊

• Pak ho aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pak ho aan [[...]] 
  to tie tight, tied tight
  綁緊

angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'paw [[...]] 

gift or bribe, a packet of money usually wrapped in red paper or in a red envelope presented as a tip, for congratulatory purposes or as a farewell present

紅包

• saxng angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng aang'paw [[...]] 
  give a bribe or a congratulatory gift
  送紅包

• siw angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw aang'paw [[...]] 
  accept a bribe
  收紅包

• Y ee svejit lie bøeq saxng lefbut iafsi angpaw? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee svef'jit lie boeq saxng lea'but ar'si aang'paw?; Y ee svef/svy'jit lie bøeq saxng lea'but iar'si aang'paw? [[...]] 
  Are you going to present him with a gift or money on his birthday?
  他的生日你要送禮物或是紅包 ?

baxnbut cy leeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'but cy leeng [[...]] 

man (Lit. Wisest of all creatures)

萬物之靈

baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]] 

conceal from recognition, bury one's talents

埋沒

baibut jinzaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but jiin'zaai [[...]] 

bury one's talent, don't use a subordinate's ability to good advantage

埋沒人才

baikud pud baibeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'kud pud baai'beeng [[...]] 

intern the bones but not his name

埋骨不埋名

bag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag [[...]] 

soil, foul, stain, dirty up

染,沾

• bag cit ee miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag cit ee miaa [[...]] 
  said of a man supposed to be doing work, but really idle
  沾一個名

bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak; (bok) [[...]] 

the eyes

目,眼睛

• zhuix par, bak m par [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix par, bak m par [[...]] 
  the mouth may be satisfied, but the eye is insatiable
  貪得無厭

• tøebak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee'bak; tøee'bak [[...]] 
  theme, topic for discussion
  題目

bad laang mxbad miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad laang m'bad miaa [[...]] 

recognize a person but not remember his or her name

認得人,卻不知其名。

bengbengtiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'beeng'tiofng [[...]] 

imperceptibly but inexorably (said of divine influence)

冥冥中

Bengchviw i siarm, armcvix laan hoong. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Beeng'chviw i siarm, axm'cvix laan hoong. [[...]] 

It's easy to dodge an open attack but difficult to escape from a clandestine one

明鎗易躲,暗箭難防。

bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie [[...]] 

hulled rice

米

• ciah bie mxzay bykex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah bie m'zay bie'kex [[...]] 
  person who knows but little of the world
  不知天高地厚

• zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie [[...]] 
  customary rice
  在來米

• zhørbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'bie [[...]] 
  rice separated from the husk
  糙米

• zudbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zut'bie [[...]] 
  glutinous rice
  糯米

• honglaibie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'laai'bie [[...]] 
  improved rice
  蓬萊米

• peqbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh'bie [[...]] 
  rice beaten white in the mortar
  白米

bisengbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bii'sefng'but [[...]] 

microbes, micro-organism

微生物

bisengbut-hak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bii'sefng'but'hak; bii'sefng'but-hak [[...]] 

microbiology

微生物學

bixsox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'sox [[...]] 

monosodium glutamate, a condiment used extensively in Taiwan cooking that is very tasty but also very hard on digestive tract

味素

bien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bien; (bin) [[...]] 

face of a person, surface, side, direction, to face or confront, in or to one's face, a term in math meaning a "plane"

面

• jinbien siuosym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'bien siux'sym [[...]] 
  having a human face but brute's heart
  人面獸心

• thefbien/thefbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thea'bien [[...]] 
  honor, dignity, face
  體面

• boafnbien zhunhofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'bien zhwn'hofng [[...]] 
  beaming with pleasure
  滿面春風

biqnngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bih'nngg [[...]] 

the softer inside layer of the bamboo but not the innermost, used mostly for wicker-work but much inferior to the outside part called "bih-chhe*"

嫩竹篾

bøcip'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'cib'ix [[...]] 

didn't make a decision

沒有下定決心

• Sikafn tøf kaux af, y ma iao bøcip'ix bøeq zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sii'kafn tøf kaux af, y ma iao bøo'cib'ix boeq zøx.; Sii'kafn tøf kaux af, y ma iao bøo'cib'ix bøeq zøx/zøex. [[...]] 
  The time has come but he still hasn't made a decision.
  時間到了,他也沒有下定決心要做。

bøzwnsngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zurn'sngx [[...]] 

don't count, don't pay attention to

不算數

• Bøo siafji, iong zhuix korng ee bøo zwnsngx laf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo siar'ji, iong zhuix korng ee bøo zurn'sngx laf. [[...]] 
  If you don't write it but only say it, nobody pays attention.
  沒立字據,用嘴巴說的不算數。

Bøo eeng bøo kafng, køq teq zøx søeakøea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo eeng bøo kafng, køq teq zøx sex'koea.; Bøo eeng bøo kafng, køq teq zøx søex'køea. [[...]] 

You don't use your time well. (Lit. No time and no work but still you make rice cakes.)

無閒工夫卻又在做小的粿。

bøo-tvafkirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvar'kirn; bøo-tvar'kirn [[...]] 

very affable, compliant, accommodating, not only but also

不打緊,反而

• Y (puttan) cvii m heeng goar, bøtvafkirn køq ka goar phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y (pud'tan) cvii m heeng goar, bøo'tvar'kirn køq ka goar phaq. [[...]] 
  Not only did he refuse to pay me the money, he beat me up.
  他錢不還我,反而打我。

bo'heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boo'heeng [[...]] 

model, a pattern

模型

• Kierntiogbut ee bo'heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kiexn'tiok'but ee boo'heeng [[...]] 
  model of a structure
  建築物的模型

boxhiø jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bo'hiø jiin'but [[...]] 

behind-the-scenes personalities, string pullers

幕後人物

bøeq khaux bøo bagsae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq khaux bøo bak'sae; bøeq khaux bøo bak'sae [[...]] 

You want to cry but there are no tears. There's just no way out.

欲哭無淚

bogtekbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'teg'but [[...]] 

objective, aim

目的物

borng... (''plus Verb'') [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng... (''plus Verb'') [[...]] 

content oneself with coarse food, trivial work and valueless books

姑且,將就

• bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng [[...]] 
  talk at random, sometimes idle jesting, half-joking, half in earnest, well now, just speak
  隨便講

• bofngkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'khix [[...]] 
  tolerable, not very good, but may do
  將就

• Eng'eeng ku pørzoar borng khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng ku pøx'zoar borng khvoax. [[...]] 
  nothing to do but read old newspapers
  沒事且看看舊報紙。

• Na zhøe bøo thaulo, kang'iuo ia tiøh bofngzøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na zhoe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx.; Na zhøe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx. [[...]] 
  If you can't find a job, workers should do less meaningful work.
  如找不著工作,工友也只好將就了。

• Phvayciah si phvayciah, paktor na iaw tiøh bofngciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'ciah si phvae'ciah, pag'tor na iaw tiøh borng'ciah. [[...]] 
  True it is not good tasting, but when you are hungry anything will do.
  難吃是難吃,肚子餓了,也只好將就吃了。

boxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boxng; (boxng'boxng) [[...]] 

thoughtless, careless, reckless

惘,放蕩

• Cid ee gyn'ar cyn boxng (borngboxng) m thagzheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar cyn boxng (boxng'boxng) m thak'zheq. [[...]] 
  This kid is very reckless, he won't study.
  這個孩子很放蕩,不讀書。

• Lie cyn boxng, svatngx ciah bøe par, iao sviuxbøeq bøea tiexnsi. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie cyn boxng, svaf'tngx ciah be par, iao sviu'boeq bea tien'si.; Lie cyn boxng, svaf'tngx ciah bøe par, iao sviu'bøeq bøea tien'si. [[...]] 
  You are very reckless, you don't eat three full meals a day but you are thinking of buying a television set.
  你很糊塗,三餐不飽,還想要買電視。

bubengsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'beeng'si [[...]] 

anonymous (a term usually used to indicate a person who contributes to a charitable cause but doesn't want his name revealed)

無名氏

bukhar putsengsw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'khar pud'seeng'sw [[...]] 

it happened that... , There would have been no story to tell but for that coincidence.

無巧不成書

buki'but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'ky'but; (buu'ky'thea) [[...]] 

inorganic matter

無機物(體)

buky hoarhagbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'ky hoax'hak'but [[...]] 

inorganic compounds

無機化學物

bunbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'but [[...]] 

products of a culture

文物

but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but [[...]] 

thing, matter, substance, article, goods, affairs of life, creature, a class, a sort

物

• baxnbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'but [[...]] 
  all things
  萬物

• jinbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'but [[...]] 
  person, personage
  人物

• koaebut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaix'but [[...]] 
  monster, apparition, spook
  怪物

• sidbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'but [[...]] 
  plants, vegetation
  植物

• toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tong'but [[...]] 
  animals
  動物

but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but [[...]] 

sink, drown, be submerged, go into hiding, obscurity or oblivion, take property away from another, die, dead

沒

• baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]] 
  bury or hide so that it may never be found
  埋沒

but bie kex liaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but bie kex liaam [[...]] 

excellent quality and reasonable price for merchandise

物美價廉

budzexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zexng [[...]] 

material evidence proof

物証

but cin kii iong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but cin kii iong [[...]] 

Every thing should be used to its full extent.

物盡其用

budcid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid [[...]] 

matter, substance

物質

budcid bunbeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid buun'beeng [[...]] 

material civilization

物質文明

budcid zwgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid zuo'gi [[...]] 

materialism

物質主義

budcid kiernsied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid kiexn'sied [[...]] 

physical development or progress of a community or country

物質建設

budcid putbiedlut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid pud'biet'lut [[...]] 

law of conservation of matter

物質不滅律

budcid seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid sefng'oah [[...]] 

physical life, material life

物質生活

budcitsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid'siong [[...]] 

material, physically

物質上

budcitsiong ee an'uix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid'siong ee afn'uix [[...]] 

material comforts

物質上的安慰

• Laang su'iaux zengsinsiong kab budcitsiong ee an'uix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang sw'iaux zefng'siin'siong kab but'cid'siong ee afn'uix. [[...]] 
  Man needs both spiritual and material consolations.
  人需要精神上和物質上的安慰。

budzw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zw [[...]] 

goods, commodities, materials, resources

物資

budzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zuo [[...]] 

owner of a thing

物主

budzw honghux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zw hofng'hux [[...]] 

abound (be rich) in natural resources

物資豐富

budzw khoat'hoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'zw khoad'hoat; (but'zw pud'ciog) [[...]] 

shortage of materials

物資缺乏,不足

but ie hy uii kuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but ie hy uii kuix [[...]] 

A thing is valued if it is rare.

物以稀為貴

but ie lui zu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but ie lui zu [[...]] 

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以類聚

budiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'iøh [[...]] 

myrrh

沒藥

budiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'iok [[...]] 

worldly desires, craving for material things

物慾

budkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'kex [[...]] 

prices of various articles, commodity prices

物價

budkex cysox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'kex cie'sox [[...]] 

price index

物價指數

budkex phøtong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'kex phøf'tong [[...]] 

price fluctuations

物價波動

budkex thofngzex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'kex thorng'zex [[...]] 

price control

物價統制

budkex wnteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'kex urn'teng [[...]] 

stability of commodity prices

物價穩定

but kek zeg hoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but kek zeg hoarn; (but kek pid hoarn) [[...]] 

As soon as a thing reaches one extremity, it reverses its course. (Lit. The pendulum swings both ways.)

物極則反,物極必反

budkhie lanboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'khie laan'boong [[...]] 

remember a favor as long as one lives

沒齒難忘

but kog iuo zuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but kog iuo zuo [[...]] 

Everything has its owner.

物各有主

but kog iuo lui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but kog iuo lui [[...]] 

Each thing has its classification.

物各有類

but kuy goanzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but kuy goaan'zuo [[...]] 

An object must be returned to its owner.

物歸原主

budlek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lek [[...]] 

one's resources, the value of one's property and estate, personal effects

物力

• Puttan khiaxm jinlek, ia khiaxm budlek. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pud'tan khiaxm jiin'lek, ia khiaxm but'lek. [[...]] 
  Not only run short of human power, but also fall short of material resources
  不但人力不足也缺物力。

budlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie [[...]] 

physics

物理

budlyhak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie'hak [[...]] 

physics

物理學

budlie hagciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie'hak'ciar; but'lie hak'ciar [[...]] 

physicist

物理學者

budlyhagsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie'hak'siong [[...]] 

physical

物理學上

budlie hoarhak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie hoax'hak [[...]] 

physical chemistry, physics and chemistry

物理化學

budlie liau'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie liaau'hoad [[...]] 

physical therapy

物理療法

budlie piernhoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie piexn'hoax [[...]] 

physical changes

物理變化

budlie tixliaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'lie ti'liaau [[...]] 

physiotherapy

物理治療

budphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'phirn [[...]] 

article, goods, commodities

物品

budphynsøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'phirn'soex; but'phirn'søex [[...]] 

commodity tax

物品稅

budsarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'sarn [[...]] 

product, produce

物產

budseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'seg [[...]] 

search for, look for, hunt up

物色

• Paethog lie ka goar taux budseg cit kefng zhux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Paix'thog lie ka goar taux but'seg cit kefng zhux. [[...]] 
  Will you be so kind as to help me look for a house?
  拜託幫我物色一間房子。

budsiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'siw [[...]] 

confiscation, seizure, confiscate

沒收

• Ho kefngzhad budsiw khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ho kerng'zhad but'siw khix. [[...]] 
  be confiscated by the police
  被警察沒收去。

budthea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'thea [[...]] 

body, substance, object (physics term)

物體

zabor-karn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'karn; zaf'bor-karn [[...]] 

female slave, concubine, (Before 1930 a female slave was traded freely. Today in open society this system is abolished, but in the frivolous society, young girls are still traded under the plea of "ion lid", "adopted daughters")

婢女,丫頭

zaibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'but [[...]] 

money, property, personal belongings

財物

zaan jii put'hoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaan jii pud'hoex; zaan jii pud'huix; (zaan jii pud'huix) [[...]] 

disabled but useful, crippled but leading an active life

殘而不廢

zap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap [[...]] 

mixed, blended, assorted, mingled, miscellaneous, motley, petty and numerous

雜

• zabbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'but [[...]] 
  miscellaneous articles or objects, impurities
  雜物

zeabut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zex'but [[...]] 

things offered, offering for sacrifice

祭物

zerngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'but; (but'zexng) [[...]] 

physical evidence

證物,物證

zexngbudoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng'but'oe [[...]] 

still life

靜物畫

zeng'ix bienbieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng'ix bieen'bieen [[...]] 

long lasting love expressing itself in a subdued but sweet form

情意綿綿

zengsiin budlyhak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'siin but'lie'hak [[...]] 

psychophysics

精神物理學

zhaubøextiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaw'be'tiøh; zhaw'bøe'tiøh [[...]] 

chase but not catch

追不到

zhaocien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'cien [[...]] 

to be touching everything you see

手亂動東西

• Lie ee chiuo maix hiaq zhaocien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ee chiuo maix hiaq zhaux'cien. [[...]] 
  Don't be touching everything. (Look but don't touch.)
  你的手不要亂動東西。

zhaosym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'sym [[...]] 

said of a plant when its core is rotten, said of a person who is bad on the inside but looks good on the outside

心爛了

zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar; zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]] 

be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)

常常被罵

• Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, mxkuo tviaxtvia teq zøx zhaothaau ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, m'kuo tvia'tvia teq zøx zhaux'thaau kef'ar. [[...]] 
  He is not all that bad but people always like to scold him.
  他人也不壞,不過常常被罵。

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

crisp, brittle, fragile, hard but easily breakable

脆

zheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zheng; (zhoafn) [[...]] 

wear or put on like clothes, but not a hat, cap or glasses

穿

zhefng zhud ii laam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng zhud ii laam; (zhefng zhud ii naa) [[...]] 

to surpass one's master or teacher in learning (Lit. Green comes from blue, but it excels blue.)

青出於藍

zhenghaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'haan [[...]] 

poor but clean and honest, cold and crisp weather, cold and bright moonlight

清寒

zhengkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'khor [[...]] 

poor but clean and honest

清苦

chiataai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaf'taai [[...]] 

car body

車體

• Chiataai iao cyn hør, mxkuo chialiern lorng hai af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiaf'taai iao cyn hør, m'kuo chiaf'liern lorng hai af. [[...]] 
  The body of the car is still very good but the tires are all worn out.
  車體還很好,可是車輪都壞了。

chviax laang khaux, bøo bagsae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviax laang khaux, bøo bak'sae. [[...]] 

If you want something done well, you have to do it yourself. (Lit. Hire people to cry, but they have no tears.)

雇人哭無眼淚,求人不如靠己。

chiencyn baxnkhag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'cyn'ban'khag; chiefn'cyn ban'khag [[...]] 

very real, absolutely true, the truth, the whole truth and the nothing but truth

千真萬確

chiengieen baxn'gie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'gieen ban'gie [[...]] 

many, many words, million words in my heart but don't know where to begin

千言萬語

chiaubøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw'bøo [[...]] 

look but not find, to search without result

找不到,搜不到

chiqchiqtaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chih'chih'taan [[...]] 

boast, brag, talk big

吹牛

• Sidzai mxbad pvoarhang mxkuo chiqchiqtaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sit'zai m'bad pvoax'hang m'kuo chih'chih'taan. [[...]] 
  He really doesn't know anything but talks big.
  實在一無所知,可是在吹牛。

chimhae toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chym'hae tong'but [[...]] 

deep sea fauna

深海動物

chiwzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'zhexng [[...]] 

revolver, be mischievous

手槍,頑皮

• Cid ee hagsefng cyn chiwzhexng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee hak'sefng cyn chiuo'zhexng. [[...]] 
  This student is very mischievous.
  這個學生很頑皮。

• phaq-chiwzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq chiuo'zhexng; phaq-chiuo'zhexng [[...]] 
  masturbation or to masturbate, (original meaning is to shoot a revolver), but now the less ambiguous term, "te-chheng", is used for revolver
  手淫

zhochix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'chix [[...]] 

first trial or experience

初試

• Zhochix u kibkeq, hogchix bøo kibkeq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhof'chix u kip'keq, hok'chix bøo kip'keq. [[...]] 
  One passed the first trial but failed in the second trial.
  初試及格了,複試不及格。

zhoiorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'iorng [[...]] 

robust, strong, stout

粗壯

• zhoiorng ee sinthea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'iorng ee syn'thea [[...]] 
  robust body
  粗壯的身體

• Tekkog ee khiechiaf bøo hør khvoax, mxkuo cyn zhoiorng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Teg'kog ee khix'chiaf bøo hør khvoax, m'kuo cyn zhof'iorng. [[...]] 
  German cars are not pretty but are very strong.
  德國的汽車不好看,可是很堅固。

zholaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'laang [[...]] 

person of much muscle but little refinement, person of little education

粗人

zhøe-bøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoe'bøo; zhøe-bøo [[...]] 

look for but not find

找不到

zhuiekhawzhuiekhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix'khao'zhuix'khao [[...]] 

be unable to recall something very familiar

好像知道而說不出來

• Cid kux oe tøf zhuiekhawzhuiekhao, mxkuo kofngbøexzhutlaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kux oe tøf zhuix'khao'zhuix'khao, m'kuo korng'be'zhud'laai.; Cid kux oe tøf zhuix'khao'zhuix'khao, m'kuo korng'bøe'zhud'laai. [[...]] 
  The word is on the tip of my tongue but I can't say it.
  這句話好像要說出來,但是說不出來。

zhutkhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'khuix [[...]] 

grumble, complain, ventilate one's emotions

出氣

• Goar zaiviar tuix lie korng bøo loxeng, goar korng cit e zhutkhuix niaxnia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zay'viar tuix lie korng bøo lo'eng, goar korng cit e zhud'khuix nia'nia. [[...]] 
  I know it's no use to tell you, but I am only letting off steam.
  我知道對你說沒有用,我只是說個出氣而已。

zhutpafnbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'parn'but [[...]] 

publications

出版物

cie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie [[...]] 

only, merely, but, yet

只

cysi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'si; (kafn'naf) [[...]] 

but, yet

只是

cysox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'sox [[...]] 

index number, exponent

指數

• budkex cysox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'kex cie'sox [[...]] 
  price index
  物價指數

ciah bøe puii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah be puii.; ciah bøe puii. [[...]] 

eat without getting fat, eats but doesn't grow or put on weight

吃不肥

ciah-bøexsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah be'siaw; ciah bøe'siaw [[...]] 

eat but be unable to digest incapable of fulfilling one's responsibilities

吃不消

• Cid khoarn taixcix (khangkhoex, laang, ...) goar ciah bøe siaw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn tai'cix (khafng'khoex, laang, ...) goar ciah be siaw.; Cid khoarn tai'cix (khafng'khoex, laang, ...) goar ciah bøe siaw. [[...]] 
  This kind of matter, job or person is unbearable.
  這種事(工作,人等等)我吃不消。

ciaqpuii, zawsarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'puii, zao'sarn [[...]] 

What one gains cannot cover the losses. not worth the effort (Lit. intend to eat to get fat, but in running to the eating place, run yourself thin)

得不償失

ciornggaixbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cioxng'gai'but [[...]] 

obstacle, obstruction, hindrance

障礙物

cit viu svef, paq viu sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit viu svef, paq viu sie; cit'viu svef/svy, paq'viu sie [[...]] 

Death comes in many forms. All are born in the same fashion but thereafter life takes an infinite variety of courses.

一種生,百種死。

ciu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciu [[...]] 

take him on his own terms, on (one's) own terms

遷就

• Hid khoarn arpax ee laang, tiliao ciu y ygoa karm iao u paxnhoad? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn ax'pax ee laang, tii'liao ciu y ie'goa karm iao u pan'hoad? [[...]] 
  That kind of oppressive person, how can you do anything but meet him on his own terms?
  那種不講理的人,除了遷就他以外,還有辦法嗎?

ciu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciu [[...]] 

connective particle meaning then, undergo, assume, come or go to, namely, as soon as, as a natural consequence, thereupon, naturally (Very often the Chinese use this little particle to balance a subordinate clause with the principal clause although there is no need of using such a word in English)

就

• Na høfthvy ciu bøeq khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na hør'thvy ciu boeq khix.; Na hør'thvy ciu bøeq khix. [[...]] 
  If the weather is good I am going.
  如果天氣好就要去。

• Lym khaq kau ee ka'py ciu bøe aix khuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lym khaq kau ee kaf'py ciu be aix khuxn.; Lym khaq kau ee kaf'py ciu bøe aix khuxn. [[...]] 
  If you drink rather strong coffee you will not be sleepy.
  喝較濃的咖啡就不想睡。

• Goar ciah par ciu bøeq khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ciah par ciu boeq khix.; Goar ciah par ciu bøeq khix. [[...]] 
  I'll go as soon as I have finished eating.
  我吃飽就去。

• Ciu afnny ciah, m biern zuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciu arn'ny ciah, m biern zuo. [[...]] 
  Eat it the way it is, it doesn't need to be cooked.
  就這樣吃,不用煮。

• Na bøo Thienzuo, ciu bøo thvite baxnbut. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na bøo Thiefn'zuo, ciu bøo thvy'te ban'but. [[...]] 
  If there is no God, then there is no heaven or earth or anything.
  要是沒有天主,就沒有天地萬物。

ciwloong pngxte [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo'loong png'te [[...]] 

man who can do nothing but drink and eat, a good for nothing (Lit. wine sack and rice bag)

酒囊飯袋,笨蛋

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

itch, itchy

癢,痒

• Cid ui øe cviu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ui e cviu.; Cid ui øe cviu. [[...]] 
  This is itchy.
  這裏會癢。

• pecviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pee cviu [[...]] 
  scratch an itchy spot
  抓癢

• Cviu ee m pee, bøo cviu e pee kaq laau hoeq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu ee m pee, bøo cviu e pee kaq laau hoeq.; Cviu`ee m pee, bøo cviu`ee pee kaq laau hoeq/huiq. [[...]] 
  neglect important matters, while very busy about what does not concern him (Lit. won't scratch the itchy place, but where is no itch, scratches till the blood flows)
  癢的不抓,不癢的抓到流血(該做的不做,不該做的反而做了)。

Zøxbudciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zø'but'ciar; (Zø'but'zuo) [[...]] 

the Creator

造物者(主)

zoankwn hogbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoaan'kwn hok'but [[...]] 

the whole army was lost, the army was totally annihilated

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