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baxnlie phengtheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: an expression used to congratulate someone or give him your best wishes; (Lit. very promising; future unlimited); 萬里鵬程
biedkhiør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: kill a person to prevent him from disclosing a secret; 滅口
bofboflaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: so-and-so; what-you-call-him (often said when for some reason if it is undesirable to mention his name); 某人; 某某人
bofmihlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: so-and-so; what-you-call-him (often said when for some reason if it is undesirable to mention his name); 某物人; 某某人
bø'ihoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: unable; incapable; unable to deal with him or her; there is no way; 無伊法; 奈何不了他; 拿他沒辦法
bøhoad`y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: unable to deal with him or her; 無法他; 拿他沒辦法
bøo-ihoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: unable to handle; incapable; unable to deal with him or her; 無伊法; ; 拿他沒辦法; 拿他沒轍
bukafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: no concern of mine or yours; nothing to do with you; me or him; 不相干; 無干
chialunciexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: fight an enemy by turns in order to wear him down; 車輪戰
ciab y ee khoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: fill the vacancy left by him; succeed him; 接他的缺
ciah laang ee png [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: be in a man's employ; dependent on him; 吃人的飯; 受雇
ciah y kaokaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: can easily overcome him because we are much more powerful; 吃他夠夠; 吃定了他
ciah y køeakøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: have the upper hand; be able to overcome him with the utmost ease; hold a person cheap; undervalue; 吃他過過; 吃定了他
ciu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: to engage in; to accommodate another person's schedule; etc.; take him on his own terms; on (one's) own terms; 就; 遷就
ciu`y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: follow him; 依他; 就他
gøxsyn siongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: endure hardships to accomplish some ambition; determination for revenge (Lit. an allusion to the King of Yueh (越王勾踐) who slept on firewood for a mattress and had a gall bladder hung over his bed to remind him of the bitterness (gall) of his defeat so; 臥薪嘗膽
hiao ie taixgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: persuade someone to follow the right path by telling him what is right; 曉以大義
hiarmphaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: shout; Beat him up!; 喊打; 叫打
hie-chiofng-hie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: to save patient's life by giving him a wedding to counteract bad luck; 喜沖喜
him^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: a sound; 噤
him'uix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: glad to hear news; delighted; 欣慰
hoadjiin ciaoexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: there is no one to take care of him; 乏人照應
høfiøchi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: child very easy to raise (not sick much; obeys parents and teachers; does what is expected of him); 好育飼; 小孩子毛病少
hør-cientheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: good future before him; 好前程
isy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: move a corpse (to another man's house; so as to involve him in responsibility); scatter (things about) carelessly; 移屍
itbun safm putty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: Supposing you ask him; he knows neither the beginning; the middle; nor the end of the matter; 一問三不知
itjit putkiexn juu samchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: One day without seeing him or her is like three years; 一日不見如隔三秋
iwkhao-kaipy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: Where there are mouths (to praise him); there are his memorial tablets. -- praised by all; 有口皆碑
jim kii sor uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: let him do as he pleases; 任其所為
jim y zøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: let him do as he pleases; 任他做
keksie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: be drowned or suffocated; cause a man's death by irritating him; 溺死; 窒息而死; 燻死; 致人激怒而死
khamkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: It serves you (him; them) right; 活該; 堪該
khanchyn-bafnzheg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: seek special favor or help from somebody by elaborating on one's relationship (usually remote and indirect) with him; to try to cement ties or establish connections with an ulterior motive; 拉關係; 牽親挽戚
khvoax y køeakøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: have the upper hand; be able to overcome him with the utmost ease; hold a person cheap; undervalue; 吃定了他; 看他過過
kiernsie-putkiux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: see someone in mortal danger without lifting a finger to save him; 見死不救
kiongto bøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: doggedly determined on it; so that no entreaties or reasoning will move him; 硬要
kiørzhvea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: awaken some one by calling him; 叫醒; 喊醒
kiøx-zengsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: awaken some one by calling him; 叫醒; 叫精神
kitoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: spiritualistic medium (through him spirits talk with men); 乩童; 童乩
koafnthai y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: don't care about him; 不管他
kofngsiaau-kofngphvi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: scold someone criticize behind him (slang); 罵他人在背後批評 (粗話)
kuiaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: arrest a criminal and bring him to court for prosecution; 歸案
laau y toax`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: get him to stay longer; 留他住下
liah laang ee oexphang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: take advantage of what a man says to confute him; 挑人言語上的毛病
liah y khvoax`cide [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: give a glance at him; 瞄他一下
M paxng y soaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: I won't let him go. (without accusing him); 不放過他; 不放他干休
maix korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: Don't talk; Don't tell. (him); 不要說
nngfthoo-chimkut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: If the earth is soft; people will dig the hole deep. If a person is good-natured; people will take advantage of (tease) him; 得寸進尺
noaxthoo koo-bøe cviuxpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: It's difficult to tell him anything. (Lit. It's difficult to make mud stick to a wall.); 爛土糊不上壁 (喻不長進者助之亦無效)
pan-bøexlaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: too difficult for me (you; him) to handle; beyond one's ability; 辦不來
paxng kuozai y khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: let him alone; let him go his own way; 放任他; 任由他去
paxng y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: let the quarrel come to an end; let him (you) go; 放過他 (你)
phaq cidky ho y kaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: lay down a card (a piece) in order to make him win; to get a person into trouble; 想法子讓他受罪
phiernchviar haixgø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: deceitfully invite someone so as to starve him ─ deceitfully breaking a promise; 騙請害餓
phokhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: lay hold of a man's leg in order to throw him down; 抬腳
por y ee khoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: fill up the vacancy left by him; 補他的缺
putseg thaesafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: fail to recognize a famous personage when meeting him face to face; 不識泰山
siuxlieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: longevity couplets; couplets presented to a person on his birthday wishing him a long life; 壽聯
søf vi'afthngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: sell a bidding; illegal bidding -- receiving money from a person to make him a successful bidder; 勸退 (選舉時); 搓圓仔湯
sveamia kab y teq phahpøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: engage in mortal combat with him; do or die; risk one's life; 冒生命之險; 賭命
thaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: he; him; other; another; she; her; it; that; 他; 她; 它
thiet'voa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: fire an official and replace him with a new one; 撤換
thøfcvii^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: demand money due us; ask one's superior to give him money; 討錢
thvaf^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: he; him; other; another; she; her; it; that; 他; 她; 它
tiafmchvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: to point out someone's errors and make him realize; awaken; 點醒
tiarm hoehlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: strike him with the point of the finger in some part that causes great pain; weakness or sickness; 點血路; 點穴
tngtarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: be watching for a man; so as to catch him or to injure him; (a man out of employment) waiting for a job; 等待; 伺機
tuihoee^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: recover (what has been taken away illicitly); catch up with someone on the way and make him come back; 追回
tuix guu tvoakhiim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: play a lute before an ox ─ speak to someone about something completely incomprehensible to him; 對牛彈琴
tyahkoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: the right of the creditor to receive payment on priority basis upon the selling of the property offered him as security by the debtor (in law); 抵押權
uipiøf^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: sell a bidding; illegal bidding -- receiving money from a person to make him a successful bidder; 圍標; 搓圓仔湯
var [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: lie in bed with a child to put him to sleep; 偎 (低下)
wn toong zaezø^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: unusual favor or help rendered to some one in bad luck which enables him to stand on his own feet again; 恩同再造

DFT (6)

🗣 himsien 🗣 (u: hym'sien) 欣羨 [wt][mo] him-siān [#]: 1. (V) || 羨慕、歆羨。; 🗣le: (u: Y tvia'tvia zhud'kog, ho laang cyn hym'sien.) 🗣 (伊定定出國，予人真欣羨。) (他常常出國，讓人很羨慕。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 himsiorng 🗣 (u: hym'siorng) 欣賞 [wt][mo] him-sióng [#]: 1. (V) || 以喜愛的眼光領略美好的事物。
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 hym 🗣 (u: hym) 鑫 [wt][mo] him [#]: tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 hym 🗣 (u: hym) 歆 [wt][mo] him [#]: tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 hym 🗣 (u: hym) 欣 [wt][mo] him [#]: tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 y 🗣 (u: y) 伊 [wt][mo] i [#]: 1. (Pron) he; she; him; her; it || 他、她、牠、它。第三人稱的單數代名詞。; 🗣le: (u: Y si sviar'laang?) 🗣 (伊是啥人？) (他是誰？); 🗣le: (u: Korng ho y zay.) 🗣 (講予伊知。) (告訴他讓他知道。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

DFT_lk (9)

🗣u: Y ka hoef'kafn paai'zøx cit liet, ho laang hym'siorng. 伊共花矸排做一列，予人欣賞。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 他把花瓶排成一排，讓人欣賞。
🗣u: Y ee zog'uii ho laang cviaa hym'siorng. 伊的作為予人誠欣賞。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 他的所做所為讓人很欣賞。
🗣u: Y tvia'tvia zhud'kog, ho laang cyn hym'sien. 伊定定出國，予人真欣羨。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 他常常出國，讓人很羨慕。
🗣u: Khvoax laang teq toax viuu'laau, lie karm be hym'sien? 看人咧蹛洋樓，你敢袂欣羨？ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 看別人住洋樓，你難道不會羨慕嗎？
🗣u: E'tid koex'jit tø hør`aq, m'biern hym'sien pat'laang hør'giah. 會得過日就好矣，毋免欣羨別人好額。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 日子過得下去就好，不用羨慕別人富裕。
🗣u: hym'siorng ge'sut zog'phirn 欣賞藝術作品 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 欣賞藝術作品
🗣u: Khvoax lirn afng'ar'bor karm'zeeng ciaq hør, sit'zai ho laang hym'sien. 看恁翁仔某感情遮好，實在予人欣羨。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 看你們夫妻倆感情這麼好，實在讓人羨慕。
🗣u: Laang y tøf “iux'siux khaf, hør'mia tea”, kiexn'na zhud'mngg tø u sw'ky ka y zaix, ho laang u'kaux hym'sien`ee. 人伊都「幼秀跤，好命底」，見若出門就有司機共伊載，予人有夠欣羨的。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 人家他可是「富貴人家」，每每出門就有司機接送，讓人很羨慕。
🗣u: Lie u'viar cyn hør'mia, “zaai'zuo'siu svaf ji zoaan”, ho laang u'kaux hym'sien`ee`laq! 你有影真好命，「財子壽三字全」，予人有夠欣羨的啦！ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 你真的很好命，「有錢、子女多、長壽健康，三樣俱足」，讓人十分羨慕！

Maryknoll (200)

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

lie in bed with a child to put him to sleep

偎

ahtøfthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'tør'thaau [[...]]

crush

壓得死死

Y ho laang ahtøfthaau af, bøo hoatto thafng hoafnkhoxng af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ho laang aq'tør'thaau af, bøo hoad'to thafng hoarn'khoxng af. [[...]]
He was crushed to death, there is no way to revive him.
他被人壓得死死,沒辦法反抗了。

angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'paw [[...]]

gift or bribe, a packet of money usually wrapped in red paper or in a red envelope presented as a tip, for congratulatory purposes or as a farewell present

紅包

saxng angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng aang'paw [[...]]
give a bribe or a congratulatory gift
送紅包

siw angpaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw aang'paw [[...]]
accept a bribe
收紅包

Y ee svejit lie bøeq saxng lefbut iafsi angpaw? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee svef'jit lie boeq saxng lea'but ar'si aang'paw?; Y ee svef/svy'jit lie bøeq saxng lea'but iar'si aang'paw? [[...]]
Are you going to present him with a gift or money on his birthday?
他的生日你要送禮物或是紅包 ?

auxbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bin; (au'piaq) [[...]]

behind, at the back of

後面

Goar khia ti y ee auxbin (auxpiaq). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar khia ti y ee au'bin (au'piaq). [[...]]
I am standing (stood) behind him.
我站在他的後面。

bagciw lai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw lai [[...]]

sharpness of the vision, clear sightedness, keen eye

眼光銳利

Y bagciw cyn lai, hiaq hng ciu u khvoartiøh goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bak'ciw cyn lai, hiaq hng ciu u khvoax'tiøh goar. [[...]]
His vision is very good, he saw me from far away.
他眼光很銳利,那麼遠就看到我。

Y bagciw cyn lai, ho lie bøe phiexn`tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bak'ciw cyn lai, ho lie be phiexn'tid.; Y bak'ciw cyn lai, ho lie bøe phiexn`tid. [[...]]
His eyes are very sharp, you cannot cheat him.
他眼光很銳利,你騙不了的。

baxnlie phengtheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'lie pheeng'theeng [[...]]

an expression used to congratulate someone or give him your best wishes, (Lit. very promising, future unlimited)

萬里鵬程

bøextehsaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'teq'saux; bøe'teq'saux [[...]]

unable to satisfy

不能滿足

Cidkoaxn ciuo niaxnia, y lym bøe tehsaux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit koaxn ciuo nia'nia, y lym be teq'saux.; Cit'koaxn ciuo nia'nia, y lym bøe teq'saux. [[...]]
Only one bottle of wine, how can it be sufficient for him to drink?
一瓶酒而已,他怎麼喝得夠。

biefnle [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'le [[...]]

exhort, encourage

勉勵

Cid ee gynnar bøo symmiq aix thagzheq, chviar lie ka y biefnle. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'nar bøo sirm'miq aix thak'zheq, chviar lie ka y biern'le. [[...]]
This child doesn't like to study very much, please encourage him.
這個孩子不太喜歡讀書,請你勉勵他。

biedkhiør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biet'khiør; (biet'khao) [[...]]

kill a person to prevent him from disclosing a secret

滅口

bidchied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bit'chied [[...]]

close, intimate

密切

Goar kaq y u bidchied ee koanhe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar kaq y u bit'chied ee koafn'he. [[...]]
There is a close connection between him and me.
我跟他有密切的關係。

bidkøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bit'køx [[...]]

blow the gaff to the police, inform secretly against a suspicious person

密告

U laang bidkøx korng y si Kioxngsafntorng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U laang bit'køx korng y si Kiong'sarn'torng. [[...]]
Someone informed secretly against him that he is a Communist
有人密告他是共產黨。

bøtvia bøtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh [[...]]

voluble, vain, fickle, changeable, inconstant, to change at every whim, uncertain and changeable

不一定,沒定性

zoeakin ee thvikhix bøtvia bøtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'kin ee thvy'khix bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh.; zoex'kin/kun ee thvy'khix bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh. [[...]]
Recently the weather changes very quickly.
最近的天氣變幻無常。

Y kofng'oe bøtvia bøtiøh, bøe sixn`tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y korng'oe bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh, be sixn'tid.; Y korng'oe bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh, bøe sixn`tid. [[...]]
He's very fickle, you can't believe him.
他講話反覆無常,不能相信。

bofboflaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'bor'laang; (bor'laang, bor'miq'laang) [[...]]

so-and-so, what-you-call-him (often said when for some reason if it is undesirable to mention his name)

某人,某某人

bukafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'kafn [[...]]

no concern of mine or yours, nothing to do with you, me or him

不相干

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

disturb, make a disturbance, annoy by noise and clamor, noisy

吵鬧

Cit'ee gyn'ar cyn gaau zhar, liampvy zhar bøeq ciah pviar, liampvy zhar bøeq lym tee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'nar cyn gaau zhar, liaam'pvy zhar boeq ciah pviar, liaam'pvy zhar boeq lym tee.; Cid'ee girn'ar cyn gaau zhar, liaam'pvy zhar bøeq ciah pviar, liaam'pvy zhar bøeq lym tee. [[...]]
This kid really bothers people, one minute he wants you to get him some cakes to eat, the next minute he wants you to get him some tea to drink.
這個小孩很會吵, 一下子吵著要吃餅, 一下子又吵著要喝茶。

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

support by the armpits

插,扶

zhaq khylaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaq khie'laai [[...]]
support someone by the armpits and help him get to his feet
扶起來

zhaixzveaoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai'zvex'oong; zhai'zvex/cvix'oong [[...]]

people who argue fallaciously

強辯者

Y si cidee zhaixzveaoong, lie nar zvex øe viaa y? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si cit ee zhai'zvex'oong, lie nar zvex e viaa y?; Y si cit'ee zhai'zvex/cvix'oong, lie nar zvex/cvix øe viaa y? [[...]]
He's always arguing with people, how can you possibly win an argument with him.
他是強辯者,你怎麼辯得過他?

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

meddle with, interfere with a person or an affair

干涉

Goar m zhab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar m zhab. [[...]]
I will not meddle with the matter.
我不管

Goar m zhab y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar m zhab y. [[...]]
I will have nothing to do with him.
我不管他,我不理他。

kauzhab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaw'zhab [[...]]
be associated or connected in business, so as to be involved in his responsibilities or losses
交往,關連

bøo siøkauzhab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo siøf'kaw'zhab. [[...]]
not at all involved in his affairs
互不相關

zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar; zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]]

be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)

常常被罵

Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, mxkuo tviaxtvia teq zøx zhaothaau ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, m'kuo tvia'tvia teq zøx zhaux'thaau kef'ar. [[...]]
He is not all that bad but people always like to scold him.
他人也不壞,不過常常被罵。

chialunciexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaf'luun'ciexn [[...]]

fight an enemy by turns in order to wear him down

車輪戰

chiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw; (sof) [[...]]

search for a lost article, ransack, to rummage, search another's pockets or body

搜

Hengsu chiaw y ee sengkhw (zhuolai). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Heeng'su chiaw y ee sefng'khw (zhux'lai). [[...]]
The detective searched him or his home.
刑事搜他的身體(屋子)。

chirnsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chixn'sym [[...]]

having lost heart about a matter, show coldness to, one's craze forswears off

灰心,心灰

Cid ee gyn'ar lorng m thagzheq, goar cyn chirnsym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar lorng m thak'zheq, goar cyn chixn'sym. [[...]]
This kid won't study, I've given up on him.
這孩子都不讀書,我很失望。

chinsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chyn'syn [[...]]

in person, personally

親自

Sinhu chinsyn khix ka y khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Siin'hu chyn'syn khix ka y khvoax. [[...]]
Father went himself and inquired about him.
神父親自去看他。

zhørgo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'go [[...]]

wrong, a mistake, fault

錯誤

Lie na sviu afnny, oanzoaan si zhørgo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na sviu arn'ny, oaan'zoaan si zhøx'go. [[...]]
If you think that way, you're all wrong.
你若這樣想,是完全錯誤。

Goar bøo symmiq zhørgo, nar tiøh ka y siaxzoe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar bøo sirm'miq zhøx'go, nar tiøh ka y sia'zoe. [[...]]
I am not wrong, why should I apologize to him.
我沒什麼錯誤,為何要向他謝罪。

Cittviw phøef na u zhørgo, chviar lie ka goar korng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tviw phoef na u zhøx'go, chviar lie ka goar korng.; Cid'tviw phøef na u zhøx'go, chviar lie ka goar korng. [[...]]
If there are any mistakes in this letter, please correct them for me.
這封信如有錯誤,請你告訴我。

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

urge, to press, hasten

催

ka y zhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka y zhuy [[...]]
urge him to do, press him to pay
催他

zhuichiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuy'chiog [[...]]

press, expedite, to urge, to push, demand for payment

催促

Y khiaxm lie ee cvii, lie na bøo ka y zhuichiog, y ciu m heeng lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khiaxm lie ee cvii, lie na bøo ka y zhuy'chiog, y ciu m heeng lie. [[...]]
He owes you money, if you don't push him for payment, he will not pay it back.
他欠你的錢,你若不催促他,他就不還你。

Zhuichiog y khaq kirn zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhuy'chiog y khaq kirn zøx. [[...]]
urge him to do or make something it faster
催促他快一點做。

zhuilie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuy'lie [[...]]

reasoning, inference, induction, to reason, infer the unknown from the known

推理

Ciaux goar ee zhuilie, zef mxsi y siar ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciaux goar ee zhuy'lie, zef m'si y siar ee. [[...]]
According to my reasoning, this was not written by him.
照我的推理,這不是他寫的。

zhut'hien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'hien [[...]]

appear

出現

Tegjiin zhut'hien ee sii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tek'jiin zhud'hien ee sii. [[...]]
appearance of the enemy, when the enemy came into view
敵人出現的時候。

Y ti baxngtiofng khvoarkvix thiensiin zhut'hien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ti bang'tiofng khvoax'kvix thiefn'siin zhud'hien. [[...]]
An angel appeared to him in a dream.
他在夢中夢見天神出現。

zhutkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'kex; (zhud) [[...]]

buyer offering a lower price, talk down the price

講價,還價

Y cyn gaau kofngkex, lie bøeq bøea ee sii tiøh ka y zhud (zhutkex). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn gaau korng'kex, lie boeq bea ee sii tiøh ka y zhud (zhud'kex).; Y cyn gaau korng'kex, lie bøeq bøea ee sii tiøh ka y zhud (zhud'kex). [[...]]
He constantly starts bargaining with a high price, when buying you must haggle with him
他很會開價,你要買時要跟他還價。

goar zhud y zap khof, y iao m bøe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goar zhud y zap khof, y iao m be.; goar zhud y zap khof, y iao m bøe. [[...]]
I offered him ten dollars, he still won't sell it.
我出他十塊,他還不賣。

ciah y kaokaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah y kaux'kaux [[...]]

can easily overcome him because we are much more powerful

吃定了他

ciah y køeakøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah y koex'koex; ciah y køex'køex; (khvoax y koex'koex) [[...]]

have the upper hand, be able to overcome him with the utmost ease, hold a person cheap, undervalue

吃定了他

ciahkuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaq'kuo; (ciaq'nih kuo) [[...]]

so long, this long time, recently, Such a long time!

這麼久,最近,近來

Ciahkuo hør `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciaq'kuo hør `bøo? [[...]]
Have you been well of late?
近來好嗎 ?

Ciahkuo lorng bøo khvoartiøh y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciaq'kuo lorng bøo khvoax'tiøh y. [[...]]
I haven't seen him recently.
最近都沒看見他。

Ho lie thernghau ciaq kuo, cyn phvaysex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ho lie thexng'hau ciaq kuo, cyn phvae'sex. [[...]]
I am very sorry to have kept you waiting for so long.
讓你等了這麼久,真不好意思。

ciah laang ee png [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah laang ee png [[...]]

be in a man's employ, dependent on him

受雇

Ciah voar-lai, søeq voar-goa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah voar'lai, soeq voar'goa.; Ciah voar-lai, søeq voar-goa. [[...]]

eat a man's food and speak ill of him behind his back

吃裡扒外

ciab y ee khøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciab y ee khoeq; ciab y ee khøeq [[...]]

fill the vacancy left by him, succeed him

接他的缺

cimciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cym'ciog [[...]]

careful, consider carefully, be cautious as in investigating well before acting, make sure

仔細,小心

Hid ee isefng khvoax pvexlaang khvoartiøh cyn cimciog. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee y'sefng khvoax pve'laang khvoax'tiøh cyn cym'ciog.; Hid'ee y'sefng khvoax pve/pvi'laang khvoax'tiøh cyn cym'ciog. [[...]]
The doctor examines patients carefully.
那個醫生看病人診察得很仔細。

Afnnef tiøh ar mxtiøh? Lie køq khix ka y cimciog cit e. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Arn'nef tiøh ar m'tiøh? Lie køq khix ka y cym'ciog cit e. [[...]]
Is that right? Go back to see him and make sure of it
這樣子對不對 ? 你再去仔細瞧瞧。

ciøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøf; (ciaw) [[...]]

beckon with hand, to summon, raise an army or capital, poster, signboard, to welcome, receive, call for, canvass for

邀,招

Lie bøeq khix konghngg ee sii laai ciøf goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie boeq khix kofng'hngg ee sii laai ciøf goar.; Lie bøeq khix kofng'hngg ee sii laai ciøf goar. [[...]]
Call for me on your way to the park.
你要去公園的時候來邀我。

Mxthafng ciøf y khix khvoax tiexnviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'thafng ciøf y khix khvoax tien'viar. [[...]]
Don't invite him to go to the movies.
不要邀他去看電影。

cit ee bin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit ee bin [[...]]

face

一面

Kvix cit ee bin ma hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kvix cit ee bin ma hør. [[...]]
To meet him wouldn't hurt anything.
見一面也好。

cidphviear [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'phvix'ar [[...]]

small piece

一小片

Pviar peq cidphviear ho y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pviar peq cit'phvix'ar ho y. [[...]]
Give him a small piece of cake.
擘一小片給他。

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

take him on his own terms, on (one's) own terms

遷就

Hid khoarn arpax ee laang, tiliao ciu y ygoa karm iao u paxnhoad? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn ax'pax ee laang, tii'liao ciu y ie'goa karm iao u pan'hoad? [[...]]
That kind of oppressive person, how can you do anything but meet him on his own terms?
那種不講理的人,除了遷就他以外,還有辦法嗎?

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

itch, itchy

癢,痒

Cid ui øe cviu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ui e cviu.; Cid ui øe cviu. [[...]]
This is itchy.
這裏會癢。

pecviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pee cviu [[...]]
scratch an itchy spot
抓癢

Cviu ee m pee, bøo cviu e pee kaq laau hoeq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu ee m pee, bøo cviu e pee kaq laau hoeq.; Cviu`ee m pee, bøo cviu`ee pee kaq laau hoeq/huiq. [[...]]
neglect important matters, while very busy about what does not concern him (Lit. won't scratch the itchy place, but where is no itch, scratches till the blood flows)
癢的不抓,不癢的抓到流血(該做的不做,不該做的反而做了)。

zøx lie (toxngsuu) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx lie (toxngsuu) [[...]]

go ahead, do as you please

隨你 ...好了

Goar na ban tngflaai, zøx lirn ciah, mxbiern tarn goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar na ban tngr'laai, zøx lirn ciah, m'biern tarn goar. [[...]]
If I come back late, go ahead and eat, you need not wait for me.
我要是晚回來,你們先吃,不用等我。

Zøx lie khix ka y korng, goar mxkviaf y zay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx lie khix ka y korng, goar m'kviaf y zay. [[...]]
Go ahead and tell him, I don't care if he knows.
隨你去告訴他好了,我不怕他知道。

zoafnciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoarn'ciah [[...]]

earn one's livelihood, to cheat

訛詐,詐騙

Goar ho y zoafnciah siezap khof khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ho y zoarn'ciah six'zap khof khix. [[...]]
I was cheated out of forty dollars by him.
我被他騙了四十塊。

zoankoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoaan'koaan [[...]]

full or plenary authority

全權

Zoankoaan uyjim y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zoaan'koaan uie'jim y. [[...]]
Entrust him with full powers.
全權委任他。

zoeakin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'kin; (zoex'kun) [[...]]

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