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🗣 Bøo hii, hee ma hør. 🗣 (u: Bøo hii, hee ma hør. ⬆︎ ) 無魚，蝦嘛好。 [wt][mo][[MK]] Bô hî, hê mā hó. [#]

1. () || 捉不到魚，捉到蝦子也好。比喻退而求其次，聊勝於無。

🗣le: (u: Sviu'beq ciah kym'koef'thngf, soaq kuy zhaix'chi'ar lorng bøo laang teq be kym'koef, “bøo hii, hee ma hør”, kyn'ar'jit sefng bea tafng'koef tngr laai'khix kuun paai'kud'thngf.) 🗣 (想欲食金瓜湯，煞規菜市仔攏無人咧賣金瓜，「無魚，蝦嘛好」，今仔日先買冬瓜轉來去𤉙排骨湯。) (想喝南瓜湯，整個菜市場卻沒有人賣南瓜，「退而求其次」，今天先買冬瓜回家煮排骨湯。)
近義：

Bøo guu sae bea., 無牛駛馬。

🗣 hee 🗣 (u: hee ⬆︎ ) 霞^p [wt][mo][[MK]] hê [#]

🗣 hee 🗣 (u: hee ⬆︎ ) 蝦 [wt][mo][[MK]] hê [#]

1. (N) shrimp; prawn || 節肢動物。長尾，分頭、胸、腹三部，頭部有長短兩對觸鬚，胸部有步腳五對，腹部狹長分為數個環節，每一環節有橈腳一對，供游泳之用。為蝦類動物的總稱。
近義：

he'ar, 蝦仔

🗣 hee 🗣 (u: hee ⬆︎ ) 攜 [wt][mo][[MK]] hê [#]

🗣 Hee 🗣 (u: Hee ⬆︎ ) 奚 [wt][mo][[MK]] Hê [#]

1. () || 附錄－百家姓

🗣 nngfkha'hee 🗣 (u: nngr'khaf'hee ⬆︎ ) 軟跤蝦 [wt][mo][[MK]] nńg-kha-hê [#]

1. (N) || 軟腳蝦。用來形容人膽小無用。

🗣le: (u: Kiøx kaq hid khof nngr'khaf'hee be zøx tai'cix, u sviar'miq lo'eng?) 🗣 (叫甲彼箍軟跤蝦袂做代誌，有啥物路用？) (叫來那個軟腳蝦不會做事，有什麼用？)

🗣 panzat'hee 🗣 (u: pafn'zad'hee ⬆︎ ) 斑節蝦 [wt][mo][[MK]] pan-tsat-hê [#]

1. (N) || 甲殼類動物。蝦子的一種。身體上有黑褐色和白色斑點，尾鰭上有藍色和黃色條紋，肉質鮮美，蛋白質豐富。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries — Sources

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