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bøkef bøkiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

neither too much nor too little; nothing added nothing taken away; no more; no less

無加無減; 不多不少

DFT (5)

Bøo moo køef kea toaxkeq. 🗣 (u: Bøo moo kef kea toa'keq. Bøo moo køef kea toa'keq.) 無毛雞假大格。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

發育不良羽毛稀疏的雞假冒成體格高大 。 比喻一個人明明沒錢還裝闊 ； 或指人明明沒有才能 ， 還裝出很有本事的樣子 。

Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør ta'kef. 🗣 (u: Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør taf'kef.) 緊紡無好紗，緊嫁無好大家。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

匆忙紡紗就織不出好棉紗 ； 急於嫁人就遇不上好婆家 。 比喻欲速則不達 。

Phornghofng zuykøef thaai bøo baq. 🗣 (u: Phoxng'hofng zuie'kef thaai bøo baq. Phoxng'hofng zuie'køef thaai bøo baq.) 膨風水雞刣無肉。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

青蛙腹部充氣鼓起 ， 外表看起來好大 ， 但宰殺後肉很少 。 譏諷言談誇大不實 、 常吹牛的人 ， 喜歡說大話 ， 一點本事也沒有 。

Svy køenng bøo, paxng køesae u./Svef køenng`ee bøo, paxng køesae`ee u./Svy køenng`ee bøo, paxng køesae`ee u. 🗣 (u: Svef kef'nng`ee bøo, paxng kef'sae`ee u. Svef/Svy køef'nng`ee bøo, paxng køef'sae`ee u.) 生雞卵無，放雞屎有。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

沒有生雞蛋的 ， 只有拉雞屎的 。 形容團體中沒有能帶來利益或好處的人 ， 只有會惹事生非 ， 帶來壞處或麻煩的人 。

Teksid Thoftixkofng, chi bøo køef. 🗣 (u: Teg'sid Thor'ti'kofng, chi bøo kef. Teg'sid Thor'ti'kofng, chi bøo køef.) 得失土地公，飼無雞。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

得罪土地公 ， 則養不活雞 。 比喻做事若得罪有權勢或影響力的要角 ， 恐將吃不完兜著走 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.