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bad thaity ciaq zaiviar tølo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
learn by experience (Idiom. He who slaughters pigs knows how meat should be cut.)
曾殺豬才知道刀路
bexseng`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
should not be spoiled; indulged; allowed to do as he pleases
未盛得; 不可溺愛
boefgee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
year-end dinner for employees; 16th day of 12th month in the lunar calendar; year-end dinner given by a shop owner to entertain his employees on the 16th of the twelfth moon; during which an employee would know that he will not be hired for the coming year if the head of a cooked chicken is pointed at his seat
尾牙
boehsie boeh'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
importune desperately; so sick a person doesn't know whether he will live or die
要死要活
bunkef khybuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
diligent and full of enthusiasm (Lit. When the rooster crows in the morning he raises to dance.)
聞雞起舞
busor put'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
there is nothing that (he) will not do (generally refers to evil); given to every vice
無所不為
busor putthofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
there is nothing which he does not understand
無所不通
busor putzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
there is nothing that (he) will not do (generally refers to evil); given to every vice
無所不作
busor-putzog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
there is nothing that (he) will not do (generally refers to evil); given to every vice
無所不作; 無所不為
bysut-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
department of fine art
美術系
chiørpoef† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
two ear-like bamboo devices used in divination; when one throw the devices and it touch down with both devices face upward; it means the God is laughing; he is allowed to throw the devices again.; cast two small moon-shaped pieces of wood; round on one side and flat on the other; to seek an answer from a spirit (When both flat sides come up; the answer is uncertain.)
筊面朝上; 笑筊
cidbut-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
the department for plant science
植物系
cidee cvii phaq jixsix kad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
cheapskate; tight fisted; has to untie4 knots before he will spend a dollar. (Lit. One dollar is tied up by twenty-four knots.)
一個錢打二四結; 吝嗇鬼
ciedciog sientefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
He who has fast legs will get there first. The early bird catches the worm
捷足先登
cvix he'afcvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
deep fry breaded shrimp
炸蝦仔煎
gafnbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
the eye; spy who reports to someone what he sees
眼目
gieen tøf pid sid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
One is bound to make a slip of the lip if he talks too much
言多必失
gieen zhud pid heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
He's as good as his word. If you promised; do it
言出必行
goadha løfjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
old man in the moon -- he is supposed to unite by an invisible thread those persons destined to be married
月下老人; 月老
goadlør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
old man in the moon -- he is supposed to unite by an invisible thread those persons destined to be married
月下老人; 月老
Guu bøo hiafmzhao bøe puii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
If a person doesn't encounter difficulties in his life he won't be a success. (Lit. If a cow doesn't eat course grass it won't get fat.)
牛不吃險草不肥。
gviasaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
meet and send off visiters; send gifts back and forth; treat with much respect: going out to meet a man when he arrives
迎送; 送往迎來
He [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
surname
賀
he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
put; place; lay down or leave a thing
放; 留; 下系; 係; 繫
he peng'afn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
pray for peace
求平安
he pwncvii† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
invest
投下本錢; 下本錢
he togchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
lay violent hands on
下毒手
he'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
shrimp; prawn
蝦仔
he-auxchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
he-kanghw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to devote much time and energy to a task
下工夫
he-sviemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to risk one's life
下性命; 賭命
he-togchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to lay violent hands on someone
下毒手
he`løqkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to put down; into
放下去; 下落去
hiet'he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to throw away; to discard
棄下; 棄置
hoankefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
deny what he has said
翻供
Hoaq zuie e kientaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
having unlimited wealth or power (lit He shouts at the water and it freezes.)
喝水會堅凍; 有權有勢的人
hoexhoe`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
argue to get what he wants
會會仔咧; 多說清楚
Hor løh peng'viuu pi khiern khy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
hero or brave man can be bullied by a bunch of weaklings when he is down on his luck. (A tiger out of his natural environment can be bullied by a dog.)
虎落平陽被犬欺
høflaang øhzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
difficult to please everybody (It's difficult to be a good person. One always gets the blame from somebody no matter how fair and just he tries to be.)
好人難做
høflafmsaf cidtoxpar† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
He'll eat anything so he won't go hungry
好壞吃不會餓; 好歹搔一度飽
Høo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
surname He; He; Ho
何
hulør-he'iux† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
help the aged along; and lead the young by the hand; go or appear with one's whole family regardless of age
扶老攜幼
iafmnie tøxleeng† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
cover one's ears when he steals a bell -- to deceive oneself (literally)
掩耳盜鈴
iaupafzhar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
Hungry or full; he is still troublesome. -- No matter what the circumstances; he causes a lot of trouble
嘮叨不休; 飢飽吵
itbun safm putty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
Supposing you ask him; he knows neither the beginning; the middle; nor the end of the matter
一問三不知
ittiaau thienzuo ittiaau siin† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
When a new king is crowned he brings to the court his own favorites and expels those of his predecessor. -- the tenuous nature of official positions
一朝天子一朝臣
jim kii sor uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
let him do as he pleases
任其所為
jim y zøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
let him do as he pleases
任他做
jinmar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
person and the horse he rides A crowd of people and horses; traffic (consisting of people and horses) Troops (consisting of soldiers and horses)
人馬
kaoiok-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
department of education (in a university)
教育系
kengzex-he† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
department of economics
經濟系
kherng iar mxkherng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
Are you (Is he) willing or not?
肯不肯
khitciah kvoar biøxkofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
A homeless beggar expelled the superior of the Buddhist temple in which he asked for a night's lodging ─ usurp what is asked for a night's lodging ─ usurp what is other's. The camel got his head into the tent
乞丐趕廟公; 鳩佔鵲巢
khorng'iar-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
礦冶系
khutsyn-karngsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
He humbled himself and came into the world
屈身降世
khutzwn-karngsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
He humbled himself and came into the world
屈尊降世
khvikhor-liabzeg† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to work sedulously in defiance of hardship and to stockpile as much as he (or she) can
費盡苦心攢錢; 纏苦捏積
kiafmsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
Is it...? Are your...? Is he...?; whether or not; yes or no
是否
kii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
flag; a period of time; branching off; odd; prayall forms of chess game; his; her; its; he; she; it; this; that
旗; 期; 岐; 奇; ; 祈; 祁; 棋; 畸; 畿; 虯; 綦; 其
kiwpve seeng liong'y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
long illness makes one a good doctor ─ long experience makes a man skilful at what he never formally learned
久病成良醫
kokcin sofleeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
each does the best he can
各盡所能
kokteg kisor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
each gets the position or the result he prefers; each in its proper place
各得其所
korng bøexthofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
can't get through with my meaning; he is impenetrable: he won't listen
講不通
kuozai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
allow (sb. to do as he pleases); as one pleases; at one's discretion. Usually followed by a personal pronoun
據在; 任由; 任憑; 隨; 聽任; 聽憑; 隨 ...
kvafbaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
artful and naughty; the number that a gambler consistently chooses when he gambles
刁頑; 賭博時常壓同一組號碼
kvielaang-taau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to throw the news to however he or she sees
見人就投訴
kvoaxaxmcvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
hang money around the neck of a child because he is too young to handle money
用紅線綁錢掛在小孩脖子上
ky puttek sit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
when one is hungry; one is not particular about what he is going to eat (both literally and figuratively)
飢不擇食
langbea† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
person and the horse he rides A crowd of people and horses; traffic (consisting of people and horses) Troops (consisting of soldiers and horses)
人馬
lengkiø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
carry a sedan chair; Litter on which is carried the death tablet of the deceased when he is buried
抬轎; 靈轎
mxsixn-sviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
free from superstition; will not believe what he is told
不信邪
mxzay soaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
insatiable; going on when he should have stopped
不知道該停止
mxzay thvite kuie kyn tang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
He doesn't know how heavy the heavens and earth are. ─ He doesn't know anything
不知天高地厚
parngleeng jibhae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
release a dragon into the sea ─ give a man an opportunity to show what he can do
放龍入海
pau'y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
placenta; guarantee a cure: people often hire a physician for so much; and he guarantees a complete cure for the fixed fee
胞衣; 胎盤; 包醫
peg hor siongjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
tiger when pressed will injure a person ─ harass a man until he turns on his persecutor
迫虎傷人
phahtng laang ee oexpvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
cut short a man's talk; so that he does not gain his end
插嘴; 打斷人的話
piedhø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
an alternative given name; style of a man; the name by which he is generally known
別號; 別號
poekiofng sia'erng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
he sees the reflection of a bow as a snake's shadow in the cup ─ said of a very suspicious person (from a famous story); false alarm
杯弓蛇影
pogzengloong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
heartless lover; unfaithful husband; man who abandons a woman with whom he has cohabited
薄情郎
pongkoafn`ciar zhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
The on looker is clear headed because he can see what's going on with detachment); the mind of the on looker is clear
旁觀者清
pongkoanciar zhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
The on looker is clear headed because he can see what's going on with detachment); the mind of the on looker is clear
旁觀者清
pørexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
retribution; payment; rebound; reckoning; wage; retribution (especially in the Buddhist concept that one inevitably reaps what he sows); reward or punish; to recompense justly
報應
siablau† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
Heaven's secret must not be let out ─ said by a fortune teller when he is asked to explain minutely what he has said vaguely; said jokingly of a man who will not tell a secret
天機不可洩漏
Sinhai kekbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
the Revolution of 1911 (year of 辛亥); which led to he overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty
辛亥革命
siuxy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
shroud; clothes prepared by a person during his lifetime to assure that he will be properly dressed at his funeral
壽衣
siwtw thaixthox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
wait by the stump hoping other hares will come by the spot; because he once caught a hare there ─ stupid and unimaginative in doing things
守株待兔
sofzog sofuii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
actions; behavior; conduct; what one does and how he behaves
所作所為
somliim-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
department of forestry (in a university)
森林系
sor 所 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
place; place; location; position; building; office; a relative pronoun: he who, that which, they who, those which (it precedes the antecedent and is placed quite differently from the other relative particles ee in combination with verbs it forms a phrase like a verbal noun or gerund)
所
suo iuo ukof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
death would not expiate all his crimes; he deserves to die many times for his crimes
死有餘辜
taixtix jiogguu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
The wise man looks dumb (because he never shows off)
大智若愚
taukhøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
join and serve (a new leader; master); seek the patronage of he high and mighty
投靠
tek'he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
tekzhuxn cirnchiøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
the more he gets; the more he wants; small concessions lead to greater demands
得寸進尺
terng y ee khoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
succeed to the place he left vacant
頂他的缺
terngte svekyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
rooted like a plant; taking a firm stance from which he cannot be moved; e.g.; a wrestler; said in blaming a child who will not come when called
根深蒂固
thaeioong-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
solar system
太陽系
thaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
he; him; other; another; she; her; it; that
他; 她; 它
tharnciaqlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
man who lives just on what he earns; a man who earns just enough to support himself
工人
that'he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
thaxn y ee zhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
follow implicitly what he says
照他的意思
thienky putkhør lauxsied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
Heaven's secret must not be let out ─ said by a fortune teller when he is asked to explain minutely what he has said vaguely; said jokingly of a man who will not tell a secret
天機不可洩漏
thofbok-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
thvaf† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
he; him; other; another; she; her; it; that
他; 她; 它
tiafmphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
give a hint to a man so that he may understand; especially; some secret plot or unseen danger; explain something difficult to understand; to unravel (a mystery)
點破
tiausafm boxsux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to swindle by a clever trick; inconsistent; whimsical; freakish (Lit. three in the morning and four in the evening — This expression refers to the story of a man who promised his monkeys three chestnuts in the morning and four in the evening. They objected, so he offered three in the evening and four in the morning, to which they agreed.)
朝三暮四
tiaux kanglaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
call for workers in an emergency; ask a man to work for us though he has sufficient employment elsewhere
召工人; 調工人
tidhe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
direct lineal descendants; contrasted with pong-he; collateral descent
直系
tiexnky-he [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
electrial engineering department
電機系
titzhuxn cirnchiøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
The more one gets the more he wants. Small concessions lead to greater demands
得寸進尺
toax-bøextiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
can not live with others very long; he must leave a place or a job; can not stay very long
待不下去; 幹不下去
tongtofng ciah† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
constantly eating instead of stopping (as he ought)
吃個不停
ty køx pid kae† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
one should correct his faults once he is aware of them
知過必改
uijiin siexnlioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
he is a good; kind hearted man
為人善良
viukafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
he-goat (very young or castrated)
公羊
viukarng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
he-goat (not castrated); billy-goat
公羊
zek'he† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
積下
zexoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
talking much when he should be quiet; much or many words; talkative
多話
zhahhoe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
kibitzer at a mahjong game; sometimes more than just a kibitzer; sometimes he also bets or invests in one of the players
插花仔(打麻將用語)
zøexoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
talking much when he should be quiet; much or many words; talkative
多話
zuxtat-tadjiin† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
One must be enlightened himself before he can enlighten others
自達達人
zuxzog-zuxsiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
one reaps what he sows; suffer the consequences of one's own doing
自作自受

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