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bøo laau i'tøe ho laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laau ii'te ho laang; bøo laau ii'tøe ho laang [[...]]
leaving him with no ground to stand on, leaving him without any room for self-respect or respect from others (as by scolding or reproving him before those who respect or look up to him), corner a person
沒留餘地給人

iaolie buxntab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaux'lie bun'tab [[...]]

Catechism (Catholic)

要理問答

ynkhie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: irn'khie [[...]]

cause, give rise to, bring about (an event)

引起

ynkhie giamtiong ee buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: irn'khie giaam'tiong ee bun'tee; irn'khie giaam'tiong ee bun'tøee [[...]]
give rise to a serious problem
引起嚴重的問題

ynkhie zuoix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: irn'khie zux'ix [[...]]
attract attention
引起注意

ynkhie hoafnkarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: irn'khie hoarn'karm [[...]]
provoke antipathy
引起反感

id bun safm putty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id bun safm pud'ty [[...]]

Supposing you ask him, he knows neither the beginning, the middle, nor the end of the matter

一問三不知

iubun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'bun [[...]]

melancholy, distressed, sad

憂悶

jinciorng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'ciorng bun'tee; jiin'ciorng bun'tøee [[...]]

racial problem

人種問題

jinkhao buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'khao bun'tee; jiin'khao bun'tøee [[...]]

population problem

人口問題

jintø buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'tø bun'tee; jiin'tø bun'tøee [[...]]

question of morality

人道問題

ka'teeng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'teeng bun'tee; kaf'teeng bun'tøee [[...]]

domestic troubles

家庭問題

kaybun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'bun; (kae iw'bun) [[...]]

dispel sadness or melancholy, dispel loneliness

解悶

kakto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kag'to [[...]]

angle, measurement of an angle

角度

niuu kakto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niuu kag'to [[...]]
measure the angle
量角度

tuix muie cit ee kakto laai khvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix muie cit ee kag'to laai khvoax [[...]]
view from different angles
從每個角度來看

Tuix muie cit ee kakto laai kiafmthør cid ee buxntee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix muie cit ee kag'to laai kiarm'thør cid ee bun'tee. [[...]]
Let's look at this question from all angles
從每個角度來檢討這個問題。

kaohoe buxntab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaux'hoe bun'tab [[...]]

church catechism

教會問答

kaoiok buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaux'iok bun'tee; kaux'iok bun'tøee [[...]]

educational problems)

教育問題

kauthofng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaw'thofng bun'tee; kaw'thofng bun'tøee [[...]]

question of communication

交通問題

kengzex buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'zex bun'tee; kefng'zex bun'tøee [[...]]

economic questions or problems

經濟問題

khaq extaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq e'taxng [[...]]

more likely to be able to

比較能

Seakafn, bøo tekkhag u hagbun ee laang khaq extaxng sengkofng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'kafn, bøo teg'khag u hak'bun ee laang khaq e'taxng seeng'kofng. [[...]]
In the world the better educated people are not necessarily more likely to succeed.
世間,不一定有學問的人較能成功。

khofbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'bun [[...]]

agony, anguish, be in agony (anguish), written with pain

苦悶

khoanpør-buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoaan'pør'bun'tee; khoaan'pør-bun'tøee [[...]]

Environmental Protection Issue

環保問題

kynkib buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kirn'kib bun'tee; kirn'kib bun'tøee [[...]]

burning issue, urgent question

緊急問題

kinpurn buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kyn'purn bun'tee; kyn'purn bun'tøee [[...]]

fundamental question

根本問題

kørjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køx'jiin [[...]]

individual, personal

個人

Hef si goar kørjiin ee buxntøee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hef si goar køx'jiin ee bun'tee.; Hef si goar køx'jiin ee bun'tøee. [[...]]
That is my private problem.
那是我個人的問題。

eng goar kørjiin ee zukeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng goar køx'jiin ee zw'keq [[...]]
in my private capacity
用我個人的資格

korbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kox'bun [[...]]

advisor (as of a company), consultant, counselor

顧問

Bykwn Korbuxnthoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bie'kwn Kox'bun'thoaan [[...]]
M.A.A.G (Military American Advisory Group).
美軍顧問團

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

decide, determine, to kill, execute, decidedly

決

bixkoad ee buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'koad ee bun'tee; bi'koad ee bun'tøee [[...]]
pending question
未決的問題

zhwkoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuo'koad [[...]]
execute a capital sentence
處決

zuxkoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'koad [[...]]
commit suicide
自決

kaykoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'koad [[...]]
settlement, solve
解決

phvoarkoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvoax'koad [[...]]
judicial decision
判決

kunsu korbuxnthoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kwn'su kox'bun'thoaan [[...]]

military advisory group

軍事顧問團

liofngsexng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liorng'sexng bun'tee; liorng'sexng bun'tøee [[...]]

sex questions

兩性問題

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

willow tree, pleasure, dissipation, gaiety

柳

hoaliuo-pvi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoaf'liuo'pve; hoaf'liuo-pve/pvi [[...]]
social disease, venereal disease
花柳病

simhoaf buxnliuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siim'hoaf bun'liuo [[...]]
frequent brothels
尋花問柳

løtong buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'tong bun'tee; løo'tong bun'tøee [[...]]

labor question

勞動問題

longzhoafn buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loong'zhoafn bun'tee; loong'zhoafn bun'tøee [[...]]

rural problem

農村問題

mng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng; (bun) [[...]]

ask a question (never to ask for a thing), interrogate

問

za'mng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'mng [[...]]
investigate
查問

chviafmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviar'mng [[...]]
May I ask … about something?
請問

ciøhmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøq'mng [[...]]
permit me to ask, May I make inquiries?
借問

symmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'mng [[...]]
interrogate (in court)
審問

siøf ciøhmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf ciøq'mng [[...]]
to greet, to say hello
打招呼

oafnchyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oarn'chyn [[...]]

distant relative, relatives from afar

遠親

Hux zai chimsafn iuo oafnchyn, piin zai nauxchi buu jiin bun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hux zai chym'safn iuo oarn'chyn, piin zai nau'chi buu jiin bun. [[...]]
The rich in the mountains has relatives from afar, while the poor in a bustling street has no one to take notice of him.
富在深山有遠親,貧在鬧市無人問。

oexsefng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oe'sefng bun'tee; oe'sefng bun'tøee [[...]]

problems relating to hygiene, sanitation

衛生問題

peazex buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pex'zex bun'tee; pex'zex bun'tøee [[...]]

currency question

幣制問題

pve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pve; pve/pvi [[...]]

stupid, dull

笨拙

Goar cyn pve, lieen cid khoarn ee buxntee ma bexhiao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar cyn pve, lieen cid khoarn ee bun'tee ma be'hiao.; Goar cyn pvi, lieen cid khoarn ee bun'tøee ma bøe'hiao. [[...]]
I'm very dumb, even this kind of question I don't know how to answer.
我很笨,連這種問題也不會。

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

divine, to foretell, to prophesy, anticipate, to divine with tortoise shells

卜

bixpog sienty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'pog siefn'ty [[...]]
to know before someone tells you (Lit. before divining)
未卜先知

mngxpog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'pog; (bun'pog) [[...]]
consult a diviner who divines by tortoise shell
問卜

putbuun putbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'buun pud'bun [[...]]

care nothing about, an attitude of indifference, cut off all communications

不聞不問

putseeng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'seeng bun'tee; pud'seeng bun'tøee [[...]]

out of the question

不成問題

seng'oah buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah bun'tee; sefng'oah bun'tøee [[...]]

problems of livelihood

生活問題

siaxhoe buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sia'hoe bun'tee; sia'hoe bun'tøee [[...]]

social problems

社會問題

siauchiuu kaybun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaw'chiuu kae'bun [[...]]

allay sorrow and dissipate worry

消愁解悶

simbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'bun [[...]]

boredom, state of mental depression

心很悶

limciuo kae-simbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lym'ciuo kae sym'bun; lym'ciuo kae-sym'bun [[...]]
drink liquor to relieve boredom
喝酒解悶

symbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'bun; (sirm'mng) [[...]]

investigate, to try, judicial inquiry, trial

審問

simhoaf buxnliuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siim'hoaf bun'liuo [[...]]

seek carnal pleasure (said of a male)

尋花問柳

symmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'mng; (sirm'bun) [[...]]

interrogate (in court)

審問

sirnbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sixn'bun [[...]]

interrogate judicially, correspondence

訊問

sitgiap buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sid'giap bun'tee; sid'giap bun'tøee [[...]]

unemployment problem

失業問題

softab huy sofbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sor'tab huy sor'bun [[...]]

give an irrelevant answer

所答非所問

sunbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suun'bun [[...]]

inquire, ask, make inquiry

詢問

sunbun-zhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suun'bun'zhux; suun'bun-zhux [[...]]

information desk

詢問處

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

to answer, to reply, respond to, to return (a salute), to recompense

答

buxntab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bun'tab [[...]]
question and answer
問答

høetab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoee'tab; høee'tab [[...]]
to reply, to answer, respond
回答

irntab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ixn'tab [[...]]
to answer, to reply
應答

kaytab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'tab [[...]]
explanation, answer, to answer, solve (a problem)
解答

pørtab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pøx'tab [[...]]
repay the kindness, return the favor, to recompense
報答

tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee; tøee; (toee) [[...]]

heading, theme, subject, thesis, proposition, topic, sign, bring to notice, write down

題

buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bun'tee; bun'tøee [[...]]
problem, subject of enquiry
問題

kafngtøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: karng'tee; karng'tøee [[...]]
the subject of an speech
講題

lantøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laan'tee; laan'tøee [[...]]
difficult problem
難題

toa tebak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa tee'bak; toa tøee'bak [[...]]
great theme — important matter, a long passage given out as a text
大題目

terng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: terng; (tviar) [[...]]

bronze tripod with two ears, caldron, sacrificial vessel, vigorous, thriving, firm, settled, to secure, establish

鼎

putkarm buxnterng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'karm bun'terng [[...]]
dare not compete for
不敢問鼎

taixbeeng tefngterng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'beeng terng'terng [[...]]
of great fame, very famous
大名鼎鼎

thaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaang; (thioong) [[...]]

worms, long creeping insects like worms, caterpillars, maggots

蟲

buxnthaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bun'thaang; (bin'thaang) [[...]]
intestinal worms, ascarid
蛔蟲

zhaethaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'thaang [[...]]
green caterpillars found on vegetables
菜蟲

ciuothaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciux'thaang [[...]]
termite worms that perforate wood, bamboo, supposed also to cause tooth decay
蛀蟲

haixthaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hai'thaang [[...]]
destructive insects, injurious insects, worms, said of a hurtful person
害蟲

togthaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tok'thaang [[...]]
poisonous reptile
毒蟲

tix cy putbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tix cy pud'bun [[...]]

to treat with indifference, not to bother asking

置之不問

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

ferry, ford, stream, juicy, tasty

津

buxntyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bun'tyn [[...]]
ask the way to the ford, show interest (in something for sale or intended to arouse public interest)
問津

tioxng'iaux buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiong'iaux bun'tee; tiong'iaux bun'tøee [[...]]

important question, weighty matter

重要問題

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