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aix hi'eeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix hy'eeng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
vainglorious
愛虛榮
bang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
hope, prospect, to hope, expect
望
beeng pud hi'thoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng pud hy'thoaan ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
one's reputation well-deserved
名不虛傳
bii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bii ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
small, minute, diminutive, trifling, little, low, mean, humble, weak, sickly, feeble, hidden, obscure
微
biefnkiorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'kiorng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
involuntarily, compel, constrain, forced (as an interpretation), to study, diligence, industry
勉強,用功
but ie hy uii kuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but ie hy uii kuix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
A thing is valued if it is rare.
物以稀為貴
chiøx hihy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøx'hy'hy; chiøx hy'hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
be all smiles, to look very happy, giggling
笑嘻嘻
ciexn buu hi'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciexn buu hy'hoad; (ciexn buu khafng'hoad) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
excellent marksmanship (Lit. No arrow is wasted.)
箭無虛發;箭無空發
zørzhat sym hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'zhat sym hy; zøx/zøex'zhat sym hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
A thief has a guilty conscience. One who has done something bad secretly cannot look others in the eye.
做賊心虛
zorngliet hisefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoxng'liet hy'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
die a martyr, die a hero's death, die for one's country
壯烈犧牲
zuxgvor hisefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'gvor hy'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
self sacrifice
自我犧牲
gu'hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu'hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
cow market
牛墟,販牛場
hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
victims for sacrifice, give up for the sake of something of greater value
犧
hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
hope, expect, to wish, desire, rare, strange, precious
希
hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
thin liquid, sparse, diluted, rare, scarce, few
稀
hy/hw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
empty, hollow, void, unoccupied, abstract, shapeless, unreal, false, deceptive, unfounded, groundless, weak, feeble
虛
hi'bii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'bii ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
few and scanty, solitary
淒涼,孤單
hi'bong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'bong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
showing wild imagination, preposterously fantastic
希望
hi'buu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'buu ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
hope, wish, expectations, to hope, to desire, look forward to
虛無
hizeeng kefix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'zeeng kea'ix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
hypocrisy, insincerity, pretended friendship or affection
虛情假意
hizø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'zø ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
fabricate, invent
虛造
hi'eeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'eeng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
empty glory, vanity
虛榮
hi'eeng-sym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'eeng'sym; hy'eeng-sym ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
desire for glory and wealth, vanity
虛榮心
higieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'gieen; (hy'suu) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
unfounded statements, false remarks, empty talk, meaningless words, joke pleasantry
虛言,虛辭
higui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'gui ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
false, spurious, hypocritical, insincere
虛偽
hi'harn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'harn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
rare, scarce, hold as precious
稀罕
hi'hafnkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'harn'kviar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
only son, a spoilt child
寶貝兒子,寵溺獨子
hi'hy sidsit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hy sit'sit ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
abstract and concrete, hollow and solid, military strategy: tactics seemingly false but workable at the same time
虛虛實實
hi'hoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hoaf ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
vain, vainglorious, ostentatious, flashy
虛華
hi'hoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hoaxn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
empty, fleeting, void, illusory, unreal, visionary,
虛幻
hi'høex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hoex; hy'høex ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
age according to Chinese calculation, i.e., a person is one year old at birth
虛歲
hihøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hoea; hy'høea ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
fever or nervous heart from weakness
虛火
hy'iet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hie'iet ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
joy, delight, gratification
喜悅
hi'iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'iuo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
rare, one in a million
稀有
hi'iuo-toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'iuo'tong'but; hy'iuo-tong'but ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
rare animals
稀有動物
hijiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'jiok ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sickly, weak, infirmity
虛弱
hikea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'kea ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
false, unreal
虛假
hikheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'kheq ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
rare guest, visitor the host hasn't seen for a long time
稀客
hikii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'kii ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
strange, rare, curious
稀奇
hikii kofkoaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'kii kor'koaix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
strange, bizarre, odd
稀奇古怪
hikox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'kox ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
fictitious, trumped up, invent, to frame
虛構
Hilah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hy'lah ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
Greece, Greek
希臘
Hilaqkaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hy'lah'kaux ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
Greek Orthodoxy
希臘教
hiløo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'løo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
tired, weary
疲勞
hi'miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'miaa ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
an empty title
虛名
hi'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'oe ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
empty talk, unfounded statement, lie
虛話
Hi'peklaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hy'peg'laai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
Hebrew
希伯來
Hi'peklaai Sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hy'peg'laai Sw ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
Epistle to the Hebrews
希伯來書
hi'pøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'pøx ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
false report, to report falsely
虛報
hisex cy pør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sex cy pør ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
very rare treasure, an invaluable gem, timeless treasure
稀世之寶
hisefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sacrificial victims, a sacrifice, be sacrificed to, at the sacrifice of
犧牲
hisengphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sefng'phirn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
bargain items, goods sold at sacrifice, a very low price
犧牲品
Hisefng siøfgvor, oanseeng taixgvor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hy'sefng siør'gvor, oaan'seeng tai'gvor. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
sacrifice oneself to help others (Lit. Sacrifice myself, everyone profits.)
犧牲小我，完成大我。
hisit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sit ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
hollow and solid, false and true
虛實
hisvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'svoax ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
dotted line, imaginary line
虛線
hisu'tøeflie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sw'tea'lie; hy'sw'tøea'lie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
hysteria
歇斯底里
hi'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'to ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
pass the years in vain
虛度
hi'to kong'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'to kofng'ym ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
idle away time, waste one's time
虛度光陰
hoeahy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex'hy; hoex'hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
ruins of a city, castle, etc.
廢墟
jintefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'tefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
male persons (said in counting sons or descendants of a family, inhabitants of a village, members of a clan)
人丁
khanghy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafng'hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
empty, state of abstraction
空虛
khiamhy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiafm'hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
modest, unassuming
謙虛
kofhy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kor'hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
seventy years old
古稀
lienhoaa hi'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lieen'hoaa hy'to ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
spent one's best years without any achievements, wasted the best years of one's life
年華虛度
Ni'hi'bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nii'hy'bie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
Nehemiah (Protestant)
尼希米
oafntai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oarn'tai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
far reaching, far sighted, vast
遠大
paxnsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pan'sex ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
situation, circumstance, trend of events
情形
pii hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pii hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
weak stomach
脾虛
pøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pøh; (pok) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
thin, light, slight, weak, to slight, despise, disdain, barren, not fertile, ungenerous, stingy, contemptuous, careless
薄
sefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
livestock, sacrificial animals, victims, cattle
牲
senghy jii jip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seeng'hy jii jip ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
gain an advantage over somebody through his inattention, to catch someone napping
乘虛而入
sym hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
apprehensive, always fear or worry about something
心虛
sixnhy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sin'hy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
general weakness of male prowess
腎虛
tharmthviaf hisit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxm'thviaf hy'sit ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
verify the facts by inquiry
打聽虛實
tikøf khafn tuix gu'hy khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'køf khafn tuix guu'hy khix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
to put the saddle on the wrong horse; (literally: to bring a boar to the cow market)
張冠李戴,牛頭不對馬嘴
uixjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ui'jiin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
for the sake of others
為人

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