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ciorngsoad put'id [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cioxng'soad pud'id ⬆︎ [[...]] 

there are many different versions of a story

眾說不一

ge [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ge ⬆︎ [[...]] 

art, skill, talent, craft, dexterity

藝

• Sux zuo chienkym putjuu kaux zuo itge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn'kym pud'juu kaux zuo id'ge. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Better to teach your son a trade (artistic skill) than give him a thousand pieces of gold.
  賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

hunhwn put'id [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'hwn pud'id ⬆︎ [[...]] 

all in confusion and not agreeing in opinion

紛紛不一

itbuun puttit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'buun pud'tit; (id'buun pud'tat) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

not worth a penny, worthless

一文不值

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

itgieen put'hap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'gieen pud'hap ⬆︎ [[...]] 

A single jarring note in conversation (between two persons is immediately followed by a quarrel, first fight)

一言不合

itjit putkiexn juu samchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'jit pud'kiexn juu safm'chiw ⬆︎ [[...]] 

One day without seeing him or her is like three years.

一日不見如隔三秋

itkhiaux putthofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'khiaux pud'thofng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

quite stupid, completely ignorant, find a way of doing anything

一竅不通

itmoo putpoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'moo pud'poat ⬆︎ [[...]] 

too stingy (to pull out a hair)

一毛不拔

• Hid ee laang itmoo putpoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang id'moo pud'poat ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  He is very stingy.
  那個人一毛不拔。

id putzøx ji put'hiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id pud'zøx ji pud'hiw; id pud'zøx/zøex ji pud'hiw ⬆︎ [[...]] 

do something by hook or by crook, not to stop half way once a thing is started

一不做二不休

itsy putkoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'sy pud'koax ⬆︎ [[...]] 

not a stitch on, stark naked

一絲不掛

ittiin putjiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'tiin pud'jiarm ⬆︎ [[...]] 

immaculate, spotless

一塵不染

moo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: moo; (mof, mngg) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

hair, fur, feather, down, ten cents, dime

毛

• id moo pud poat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id moo pud poat ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  too stingy to pull out a hair
  一毛不拔

• viumoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: viuu'moo ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  wool
  羊毛

• køemoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'moo; køef'moo ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  chicken feathers
  雞毛

pekbuun putjuu itkiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peg'buun pud'juu id'kiexn ⬆︎ [[...]] 

hear about a thing many times is not equal to a single look at it — "Seeing is believing."

百聞不如一見

poat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poat; (poeh) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

pull out, uproot, promote (another to a higher position), select, outstanding, remarkable

拔

• id moo pud poat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id moo pud poat ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  not to give away even a hair — miserly
  一毛不拔

• soafnpoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soarn'poat ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  select, pick the better ones from a group of people
  選拔

• soafnpoadsaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soarn'poat'saix ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  tryout (for athletics)
  選拔賽

• thepoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thee'poat ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  promote (a person)
  提拔

putciap'id [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'ciab'id ⬆︎ [[...]] 

intermittent, off and on, successive

斷斷續續

• Cid ciorng iøqar na putciap'id ciah bøo hau, tiøqaix keasiok ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ciorng iøh'ar na pud'ciab'id ciah bøo hau, tiøh'aix kex'siok ciah. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  If you take this medicine on and off it doesn't help, you have to take it regularly.
  這種藥如果斷斷續續吃無效,要繼續吃。

put'id [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'id ⬆︎ [[...]] 

phrase used at the end of letters indicating that many things have been left unsaid, not a few, unlike, varied

不一

putkoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'koarn ⬆︎ [[...]] 

disregard, neglect, let it be as it is, no matter which...

不管

• putkoarn svachid jixid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'koarn svaf'chid ji'id ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  I don't care, I'll do it anyway.
  不管三七二十一。

Sux zuo chiefn kym, putjuu kaux zuo id ge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn kym, pud'juu kaux zuo id ge. ⬆︎ [[...]] 

Better to teach your child a trade than to give him a thousand dollars.

賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

ty ki'id, putty kiji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty kii'id, pud'ty kii'ji ⬆︎ [[...]] 

knowing only very little of the matter

知其一,不知其二

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