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aktaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be wetted by sprinkling; drench

澆濕; 淋濕

ang'ii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

witchcraft; witch; sorceress; female shaman; female spirit medium possessed by and speaks for the spirits of the dead

尪姨; 女巫

Anglaubang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Dream of the Red Chamber; great Chinese novel authored by Tsau Hsueh-chin during the Ching Dynasty

紅樓夢

anhun-siwkie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

abide by the law and behave oneself; be satisfied with one's lot and control oneself; be content to remain within the limitations of one's ability

安分守己; 安份守己

ankaf^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

settle down; insure the welfare of one's family; to set up a household by marriage

安家

Anpeeng Kofpør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Fort Zeelandia in Tainan; built by the Dutch in the 17th century

安平古堡

appvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

flatten by pressure

壓扁

apzax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

squeeze by press

壓榨

armbea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

secret code; secret code; secret signs used by a store to indicate the actual value of a commodity which is not known to outsiders

暗碼

arnho [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

door by door

按戶

arnjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

daily; every day; by day

按日

arnpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

one by one; step by step

按步

atcih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

break by crushing

軋折; 壓折

attit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

strengthen by bending

折直

attng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

break by bending

折斷

auxsix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

future life by reincarnation

來世

awhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

wrinkles by folding

拗痕; 壓折痕跡

awtit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

strengthen by folding; bend straight

折直; 弄直; 使直

awtng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

break by bending

折斷

bad thaity ciaq zaiviar tølo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

learn by experience (Idiom. He who slaughters pigs knows how meat should be cut.)

曾殺豬才知道刀路

bafng`khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

being caught by a nets

抓走了; 網去

bafnkoef thiutiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

trace the vine and get a melon; get a clue and follow it up step by step; so as to learn the truth of a matter

摘瓜抽藤; 追根究底

bag'iuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

tears; tears caused by cold or smoke

目油; 眼水; 眼淚

bagtao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

carpenter's ink box and line for printing guidelines; ink utensil used by the carpenter to make markings

墨斗

baktaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

get web; soil by wetting

弄濕; 沾濕

bakzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

touched it by mouth; food around mouth

染嘴; 沾嘴

bauh siogmih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

buy things cheap by lot

貿俗物; 大買便宜貨

baxn'id [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

if by any chance; by any possibility; in case of; eventuality; if perchance; by any chance; should there be

萬一

baxnban putkhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

absolutely forbidden; by all means no; under no circumstance

萬萬不可

baxnsiexntoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

slowpoke; container or place for placing bones of deceased that are not picked up by relatives

做事慢半拍; 萬善堂

befcie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

numerical character used by business men in China

碼子

befkhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

unintentionally shows; betrayed by a slip; horse foot

馬腳

benghoaf iuo zuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

the beauty has already been won by someone

名花有主

benghog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

bliss in the next world (used by pagans)

冥福

bexge [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

earn a living by entertaining with skills or stunts

賣藝

bidpox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

spread closely; closely or densely spread over; densely covered by clouds or with secret agents and guards everywhere

密布

biedkhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

kill a person to keep the person quite; silence witness of crime by killing them

滅口

Binkoaan zhopo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Fundamental Knowledge in Democracy; a book dealing with the procedures of parliamentary rule; authored by Dr. Sun Yat-sen

民權初步

binsoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

democratically elected; popular election; elected by the people

民選

Binzok-zwgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Three Principles of the People (nationalism; democracy; livelihood); by Dr Sun yet-sen; founding father (國父) of the Republic of China

民族主義

biøsiar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

describe; copy by tracing

描寫

bixnsef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

veil worn by woman in church

面紗

bixnsek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

familiar; known by face; know by sight; familiar with

面熟; 面善

boefgee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

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

bofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

touch; grope; feel; sense by touch

摸

boghii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

wooden resonator for recitation of Buddhist Sutras; wooden fish used by a bonze as a drum or hand metronome to keep time when chanting prayers

木魚

bong jii seng'uix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be awe-stricken by merely looking at it

望而生畏

bongkog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be conquered by other country; conquered country; subjugated nation; fall of a nation; national doom

亡國

bongtiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

covered by dust

蒙塵

boxbeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

attracted by one's fame; be attracted by a person's name

慕名

bøhoee bøphoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

didn't communicate by letter; didn't correspond

沒回沒信

bømee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

edge blunted; as by use

無刃

bøo laau ite [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

put a man too much to shame; as by severe scolding before others

不留餘地

bøo-ie'tiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

thoughtlessly; inadvertently; unexpectedly; unintentionally; by accident

無意中

bøo-søeaji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

carelessly; by accident

不小心; 不經意; 無細膩

bøsianglo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

not going by the same road

不同路

buhaxnliong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

unlimited; not circumscribed by limits; indefinite; boundless; immense; without measure

無限量

buu zex ii su [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

won't help the matter; not enough by a long shot; inadequate; to no avail

無濟於事

buxnpog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

consult a diviner; inquire by divination

問卜; 卜卦

buxpid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

must; by all means

務必

bwlek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

military power; armed might; force; military power; by force

武力

bwlek kansiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

interfere by use of force

武力干涉

by [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

peek

偷偷地看

bycviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

pulp made by grinding rice in water

米漿

bykhngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

rice bran; rice chaff; rice-bran separated from the rice by mortar and pestle

米糠

bykoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

divine by rice

米卦

chiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

move; move a thing slightly so as to get it into the right place or position; alter a slight twist to a statement or message on purpose; to adjust by a small change

移; 調整

chiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a concubine; to steal; concubine; secondary wife (self depreciating term used by a woman referring to herself when speaking to her husband)

妾; 竊

chiahguu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

red cattle; scalper; someone who cheats a person like by selling difficult to get tickets at a high price (Lit. brown or yellow cow)

赤牛; 黃牛

chiahhø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

calamities brought about by Communism

赤禍

Chiahkhaxm-laau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Sakam Tower, was a Dutch outpost on Formosa built in 1653 by the Dutch during their colonization of the island

赤崁樓

chialunciexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fight an enemy by turns in order to wear him down

車輪戰

chiamsy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

lot poem; One's fortune written in verse obtained by divination at a temple

籤詩

chiang'ar twtiøh khong'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fortuitously; by a happy chance; by coincidence meeting someone unexpectedly (Lit. cripple meets a cripple)

湊巧

chiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

ransack; mix by stirring like powder with fluid or semi fluid; knead dough; work or mix plaster or mortar

搜; 攪拌

chiaxngtiøh phoarpve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

hindered by sickness

湊巧生病

chiaxngtwchiang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

by chance; by coincidence

湊巧

chiefn-put'heng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

just in case; if by any chance; contingency

千不幸; 萬一

chienban [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

for goodness sake; by no means (always used in negative)

千萬

chienhofng pekkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

by hook or by crook; by all means at one's command (Lit. a thousand schemes)

千方百計

chienkwn it'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

imminent peril (Lit. thirty thousand catties hanging by single hair)

千鈞一髮

chienkwn-it'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a thousandweight hanging by a hair; extremely delicate situation

千鈞一髮

chienthuii peklien^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

hammer into shape; form iron utensil; develop human character by persistent knocking into shape; undergo severe training and hammering; write with the utmost care (Lit. with countless changes and corrections)

千錘百鍊

chietzhøf-tokmoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to learn from each other by an exchange of views

切蹉琢磨

chih hof tøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

switch on the light by pressing the button

壓乎燃; 按亮

chimciaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

illegal occupation; illegal seizure; occupy or take by force (land; property) illegally; misappropriation

侵佔

chimthwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

misappropriate public funds for private ends; take by illegal means

侵吞

chimtoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to invade and to take away things by force; seize by force

侵奪

chinchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

personally; with one's hands; by one's own hands

親手

chincviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

relatives; relative by marriage

親戚

chinkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

brother or sister's father-in-law; honorific title given to the fathers of married couple (used by the families of the couple)

親家; 親家翁

chinpid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

personally; written by one's own hand; write with one's own hand

親筆

chinsiar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

personally; written by one's own hand

親寫

chinsiong kachyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

add relationship to relationship; to marry a relative; to be doubly connected like by marrying a cousin

親上加親

chionghai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be damaged or destroyed by lashing water or flood

沖壞

chiongsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

disperse by force; a family scattered or separated in confusion by war or other great upheaval

沖散

chiongtør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

rush; pour; knock down by collision

沖倒; 衝倒

chiongtør`khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be crushed or knocked down by a flood

沖倒去

Chitsiah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

the seventh evening of July in a lunar year; the seventh night of the seventh moon; when the legendary Cowherd and Weaving Maid meet each other for their once a year tryst over a bridge formed by sympathetic magpies over the Milky Way (the day is a festival for girls and young lovers)

七夕

chiusvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

unwind a thread by pulling it towards us

曳線

chiwkee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a cangue worn by a prisoner

手枷

chiwleng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

order by superior; order issued personally by a man at the top

手令

chiwpid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

style; literary work or handwriting by a famed person

手筆

chiwsiar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

write by hand

手寫

chiwsioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

palm reading; lines of the palm by which fortune-tellers tell one's fortune

手相

chiwsut ciegoaxnsw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

written consent given by the patient for surgery

手術志願書

chixlip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

established by city government; established with city government funds; operated by or under the jurisdiction of a city government

市立

chixlip haghau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Schools established by City; municipal schools

市立學校

chviar be laai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

unable to make someone come by invitation

請不來

chvimr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

honorific title given to the mothers of married couple; which term is used by the families of the couple

親姆; 親家母

chviuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to get; to rob; a factory; take away by force; to snatch; rob

搶; 廠

chviwzao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

take away by force

搶走

chyn hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

brothers by the same father

親兄弟

ciab y ee khoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fill the vacancy left by him; succeed him

接他的缺

ciah thaukef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be fed by one's employer

吃老板; 膳食由主人供給

ciah-phorngtefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

provoke the displeasure of one's master or superior; be blamed by one's superior

吃凸釘; 挨罵

ciam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gradual(ly); temporarily; gradually; little by little; by degrees

漸; 暫

ciamkhafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

pinprick; hole made by a needle

針孔

ciamkoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

divine; tell fortunes by means of the eight diagrams

占卦; 卜卦

ciamkoax sngrmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

tell one's fortune by divination

占卦算命

ciaohoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

(n) letters of understanding or concern exchanged between govermnts; diplomatic notes; memoranda; inquiry by letter; make inquiries about a matter

照會

ciaokex siubea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

buy or requisition land according to the price declared by the owner

照價收買

ciapchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to take over; to take up matters; take up matters left unfinished by predecessor; to follow in office

接手

ciappan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

succeed another in managing a task; carry on the work left unfinished by another

接辦

ciappang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

receive the baton; continue the work left unfinished by a leading scholar; thinker

接棒

ciaqhøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

the act of eating fire by magicion

食火

ciaqphorngpviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be scolded; slapped by parents

受責罵; 吃凸餅

ciarmbøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sell it by force

佔賣

ciarmbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

buy it by force

佔買

ciarmiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

took the name by force

佔名

ciau'iaau toxngphiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

swindle or cheat by posing as a VIP or claiming to be related to a VIP

招搖撞騙

ciaukiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to make a confession of one's crime; confess to a crime; confession by a criminal

招供

ciauniar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

take home by presenting oneself as the owner; advertise for owner of lost thing

招領

ciax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to take advantage of; sugar cane; by means of; a thorny tree; sugar cane

借; 蔗; 藉; 柘

ciaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to observe; to occupy; seize; usurp; occupy; take by force

占; 佔

ciaxmciam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

in process of time; with time; gradually; gradually; little by little

漸漸

ciaxmcixn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to advance gradually; advance little by little; make gradual progress

漸進

cibgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to get agreement by a meeting

集議

cidee cidee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

one by one

一個一個

cidee cvii phaq jixsix kad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

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

cidpo-cidpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

step by step; gradually; progressively

一步一步

cidsyn si pve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be affected by several ailments or diseases

一身是病

ciedtioong poftoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make up for deficiency in one part by great abundance or excellent in another part

截長補短

ciet'hok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to be convinced of by someone else with superior wisdom; logic; integrity; etc.

折服

cietpvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to reduce (in price) by half; reduce by one half; reduce to half

折半

cihhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fold; crease; a mark left by folding

摺痕

cihzaix^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; prop up; support; to bear; to support; to inherit; load; burden; charge; load

支承; 支載

cin khvoax lie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be decided by you; It is up to you

盡看你; 全部看你的了

cinkhofng textaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

region where no authority is exercised by any party; (military) no man's land

真空地帶

cintwhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

by a happy chance; at just the right time

真適好; 正巧

ciofng kex ciu kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

adapt one's scheme to that of the opponent; deal with an opponent by taking advantage of his plan

將計就計

ciofng kofng por zoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make up for faults by one's merits

將功補罪

ciofng kofng siok zoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

atone for mistakes by meritorious service

將功贖罪

ciofng sym pie sym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

judge another's feelings by your own; compare your feelings with his; empathize

將心比心

ciofngle [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

put a premium on; encouragement; hortation; encourage by rewards

獎勵

cioksiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to express birthday good wishes; congratulate someone on his or her birthday by a visit; letter; card or present

祝壽

ciongtheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

constitution; regulations; by laws constitution of a society

章程

cioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

obey; follow; to yield; listen to; obey; from; by; whence; through; undertake; manage; dedicate oneself to; an attendant

從

ciorngleng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

an order by a general; orders from the general (military)

將令

cioxng sor ciuty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

universally known; known by all

眾所週知

ciøhtøf satjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

kill one's enemy by another's hands; instigate or trick others to commit a crime to serve one's own purpose

借刀殺人

ciøkor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to raise capital by floating shares; solicit shareholders; call for capital; go public

招股

ciørjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to bask in the sun; be illuminated by the sun

晒太陽; 照太陽; 照日頭

ciøsefng uyoanhoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

commission set up by a school for handling admission of students

招生委員會

cip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sip; lonesome; to gather; assemble; gather together; compile; edit; collection of works by one or more authors

啜; 寂; 集

cip'heeng uyoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

administrative officers; persons appointed by a ruling party or an assembly to carry out their decisions; members of an executive committee

執行委員

cirmlea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

baptism by immersion; baptism by immersion

浸禮

Citlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

the Weaving Maid; a constellation celebrated in song and fable as lover of Cowboy; another constellation; who are separated by the Milky Way and permitted to meet once a year; worshipped on July 7 along with Gunngg

織女

ciuokhafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

cavity; holes eaten by insects; cavities in decayed teeth

蛀孔; 蛀洞

Ciuozoa ho padlaang sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to harm someone by association; (because I make a promise difficult to fulfill it also hurts other people who are involved with me or who work with me to complete the promise.)

詛咒給別人死

ciux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to curse; decay; decay; worm eaten; moth eaten; holes made by insects; decayed teeth or wood

咒; 蛀; 蛀蝕

ciuxpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

do something in the course of doing something else more important (the additional task does not involve too much trouble or divert one's attention from his main work); by the way

順便; 趁便; 就便

ciwleeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

keep watch by a corpse

守靈

cixnzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be decided by; depend on

取決於; 盡在

cviesw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to lose the argument; message sent by arrows

爭輸; 箭書

cvikhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

space covered by the eaves or porch

屋簷前

cvisad teq ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to be bit by the money bug; to want to spend money

錢蝨在咬; 欲花錢

cviuxtaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be possessed by the spirit like a medium

起乩; 上乩

cviuxtiaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to hang oneself; to commit suicide by hanging

上吊

cykoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

by all means; just

只管

cymiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to mention by name; to name; nominate

指名

cymoexphiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

twin literary products usually by the same author that run in the same vein

姊妹篇

cymthauhieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

pillow talk of a female companion; slanders or flatteries (Lit. Chinese fiddle played by one's pillow companion)

枕邊細語; 枕頭弦

cytafng kofngsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

irrelevant; mislead with talk; talk nonsense; try to avoid the main theme by talking about something else (Lit. point to east and talk west)

指東話西

efngkiuo tionglibkog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

country neutral (by policy)

永久中立國

efngnii^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

in years past; year by year in the past

往年

efngsuii put'hiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be remembered forever by posterity; immortal

永垂不朽

Enghioong lankøex byjinkoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Even a great hero has difficulty getting by a beautiful woman. Many a hero has been conquered by a beautiful woman. (Samson and Delilah)

英雄難過美人關

etør`khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

knock down by jostling

以手肘推倒; 推倒

giaxmbeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to verify by examination; ascertain by a test or examination

驗明

giedieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fate as conditioned by person's past; bad marriage or relationship; karma

孽緣

gientiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

words carry heavy weight; am embarrassed by words; one's words counted of weight

言重

gimcvikhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

space covered by the eaves or porch

屋簷前

ginniuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

tael; silver as currency and counted by teals

銀兩

giq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to build by laying bricks or stones; pile up

砌

gixsuxthuii^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gavel (used by the speaker of a legislature)

議事槌

goadha løfjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

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] [[...]] 

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

goanlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

original way; original road; the same road by which we went

原路

goanlør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

patriarch; elder person who has held high positions for long period of time and is highly respected by the nation

元老

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