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HTB (1)

bøo guu sae bea^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]: use the means at hand; make an adjustment (Lit. If there is no ox; then use a horse.); 無牛駛馬; 事出無奈

DFT (1)

🗣 Bøo guu sae bea. 🗣 (u: Bøo guu sae bea. ⬆︎ ) 無牛駛馬。 [wt][mo][[MK]] Bô gû sái bé. [#]

1. () || 沒有牛只能用馬匹來替代。形容退而求其次，暫且代用的無奈。

🗣le: (u: Zar'khie purn'laai beq khiaa ky'chiaf khix bea zhaix, sviu'be'kaux ky'chiaf soaq be hoad, liim'sii “bøo guu sae bea”, voa khiaa khaf'tah'chiaf khix.) 🗣 (早起本來欲騎機車去買菜，想袂到機車煞袂發，臨時「無牛駛馬」，換騎跤踏車去。) (早上本來想騎機車去買菜，想不到機車竟然發不動，臨時「退而求其次」，換騎腳踏車去。)
近義：

Bøo hii, hee ma hør., 無魚，蝦嘛好。

Maryknoll (9)

bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

use the means at hand, make an adjustment (Lit. If there is no ox, then use a horse.)

無牛用馬耕,事出無奈

Zwciah`ee na bøextaxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cie'ciah'ee na be'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai cie.; Zuo'ciah`ee na bøe'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
If the cook cannot come, then I'll cook.
廚子如不能來,沒辦法,我來煮。

In'ui lauxsw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kor'mngg`ee laai kax Taioaan-oe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan'oe.; Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan-oe. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
Since the teacher didn't come, call the gate keeper to teach Taiwanese.
因為老師沒來,沒辦法,叫看門的來教台語。

guu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu; (giuu) ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

ox, cow, bull

牛

bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
learn to improvise, use any means at hand, make do with what you have (Lit. When there is no ox to plough, one has to use a horse)
無可奈何,退而求其次

sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

use, employ, to make, to act

使

bøexsae`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'sae`tid; bøe'sae`tid ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
It will not do at all, it is not allowed.
不可以

bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
know how to improvise, (Lit. If you can't get an ox, use a horse to plow the field.)
無牛用馬耕,事出無奈

øexsae`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'sae`tid; øe'sae`tid ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
It will do, can be used, OK.
可以

Lim08 (1)

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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)
Maryknoll: 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)
Lim08: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten (TDJ)) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2008. We make updates and corrections, and refer to Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢2019 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of TDJ) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019.
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.