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borng... (''plus Verb'') [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng... (''plus Verb'') [[...]] 

content oneself with coarse food, trivial work and valueless books

姑且,將就

• bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng [[...]] 
  talk at random, sometimes idle jesting, half-joking, half in earnest, well now, just speak
  隨便講

• bofngkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'khix [[...]] 
  tolerable, not very good, but may do
  將就

• Eng'eeng ku pørzoar borng khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng ku pøx'zoar borng khvoax. [[...]] 
  nothing to do but read old newspapers
  沒事且看看舊報紙。

• Na zhøe bøo thaulo, kang'iuo ia tiøh bofngzøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na zhoe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx.; Na zhøe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx. [[...]] 
  If you can't find a job, workers should do less meaningful work.
  如找不著工作,工友也只好將就了。

• Phvayciah si phvayciah, paktor na iaw tiøh bofngciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'ciah si phvae'ciah, pag'tor na iaw tiøh borng'ciah. [[...]] 
  True it is not good tasting, but when you are hungry anything will do.
  難吃是難吃,肚子餓了,也只好將就吃了。

øexkafng`bøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'kang'be; øe'kafng`bøe [[...]] 

do you know how to do this work or not

會工作與不會工作

hoarkafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoax'kafng [[...]] 

Nature's work, operation of Nature, chemical engineering, short form for "hoa-hak kang-theng"

化工

kang'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'ar [[...]] 

worker

工人

kang'iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'iuo [[...]] 

office boy (girl), old-job man (woman)

工友

kang'viuu taixtø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'viuu tai'tø [[...]] 

notorious bandit leader

江洋大盜

kang'oo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'oo [[...]] 

rivers and lakes, wandering, quack, vagrant, sophisticated and shrewd,

江湖

• lawkang'oo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lao'kafng'oo [[...]] 
  tramps, experienced travelers, old scamps
  老江湖

kang'oo cidtiarm-koad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'oo cit tiarm koad; kafng'oo cit'tiarm-koad [[...]] 

It's easy, if you know how. (Lit. If you don't know how, the work is like a lake. If you know how, it's like a drop.)

江湖一訣

kang'o'kheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'oo'kheq [[...]] 

itinerant trader

江湖客

kang'o'khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'oo'khix [[...]] 

insincere, sly, sleazy, sneaky

江湖氣

kviaa-kang'oo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaa'kafng'oo; kviaa-kafng'oo [[...]] 

wander from place to place among the common people

走江湖

oo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oo [[...]] 

lake

湖

• kang'oo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'oo [[...]] 
  rivers and lakes, practicing quackery, quack
  江湖

• zao kang'oo ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao kafng'oo ee [[...]] 
  traveling quacks, fortunetellers
  跑江湖的,江湖術士

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