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🗣 Bøo guu sae bea. 🗣 (u: Bøo guu sae bea. ⬆︎ ) 無牛駛馬。 [wt][mo][[MK]] Bô gû sái bé. [#]

1. () || 沒有牛只能用馬匹來替代。形容退而求其次，暫且代用的無奈。

🗣le: (u: Zar'khie purn'laai beq khiaa ky'chiaf khix bea zhaix, sviu'be'kaux ky'chiaf soaq be hoad, liim'sii “bøo guu sae bea”, voa khiaa khaf'tah'chiaf khix.) 🗣 (早起本來欲騎機車去買菜，想袂到機車煞袂發，臨時「無牛駛馬」，換騎跤踏車去。) (早上本來想騎機車去買菜，想不到機車竟然發不動，臨時「退而求其次」，換騎腳踏車去。)
近義：

1. Bøo hii, hee ma hør., 無魚，蝦嘛好。

🗣 gusviabefaau 🗣 (u: guu'sviaf'bea'aau ⬆︎ ) 牛聲馬喉 [wt][mo][[MK]] gû-siann-bé-âu [#]

1. (Exp) || 破嗓子。形容人歌聲難聽。

🗣le: (u: Goar chviux'koaf nar guu'sviaf'bea'aau, m kvar chviux ho laang thviaf.) 🗣 (我唱歌若牛聲馬喉，毋敢唱予人聽。) (我唱歌破嗓子，不敢唱給別人聽。)

2. (Exp) || 大聲吆喝。

🗣le: (u: Lie ti hiaf guu'sviaf'bea'aau, u'kaux zhøx'laang'hvi, khaq sex'sviaf`leq.) 🗣 (你佇遐牛聲馬喉，有夠噪人耳，較細聲咧。) (你在那邊大聲吆喝，非常刺耳，小聲點。)

🗣u: guu'thaau'bea'bin ⬆︎ 牛頭馬面 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.] [d#]

牛頭馬面

🗣u: guu'thaau bea'bin ⬆︎ 牛頭馬面 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.] [d#]

牛頭馬面

🗣u: Y thaux'ho zao zhud'khix bea guu'lefng ho girn'ar lym. ⬆︎ 伊透雨走出去買牛奶予囡仔啉。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.] [d#]

他冒雨跑出去買牛奶給小孩喝。

🗣u: Goar chviux'koaf nar guu'sviaf'bea'aau, m kvar chviux ho laang thviaf. ⬆︎ 我唱歌若牛聲馬喉，毋敢唱予人聽。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.] [d#]

我唱歌破嗓子，不敢唱給別人聽。

🗣u: Lie ti hiaf guu'sviaf'bea'aau, u'kaux zhøx'laang'hvi, khaq sex'sviaf`leq. ⬆︎ 你佇遐牛聲馬喉，有夠噪人耳，較細聲咧。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.] [d#]

你在那邊大聲吆喝，非常刺耳，小聲點。

🗣u: Laang korng, “Laang sym'kvoaf, guu pag'tor.” U laang bea zhae'koaxn tiøh thaau'ciorng iao hiaam bøo'kaux, ka cvii køq'zaix aw`løh'khix, biern nng tafng cvii tø thox'liao'liao`aq. ⬆︎ 人講：「人心肝，牛腹肚。」有人買彩券著頭獎猶嫌無夠，共錢閣再漚落去，免兩冬錢就吐了了矣。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.] [d#]

人家說：「人心不足蛇吞象。」有人買彩券中了頭獎還嫌不夠，還繼續加倍投注，不到兩年錢就都賠光了。

🗣u: Zar'khie purn'laai beq khiaa ky'chiaf khix bea zhaix, sviu'be'kaux ky'chiaf soaq be hoad, liim'sii “bøo guu sae bea”, voa khiaa khaf'tah'chiaf khix. ⬆︎ 早起本來欲騎機車去買菜，想袂到機車煞袂發，臨時「無牛駛馬」，換騎跤踏車去。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.] [d#]

早上本來想騎機車去買菜，想不到機車竟然發不動，臨時「退而求其次」，換騎腳踏車去。

bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

use the means at hand, make an adjustment (Lit. If there is no ox, then use a horse.)

無牛用馬耕,事出無奈

• Zwciah`ee na bøextaxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cie'ciah'ee na be'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai cie.; Zuo'ciah`ee na bøe'taxng laai, bøo guu sae bea, goar laai zuo. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  If the cook cannot come, then I'll cook.
  廚子如不能來,沒辦法,我來煮。

• In'ui lauxsw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kor'mngg`ee laai kax Taioaan-oe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan'oe.; Yn'ui lau'sw bøo laai, bøo guu sae bea, kiøx kox'mngg`ee laai kax Taai'oaan-oe. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Since the teacher didn't come, call the gate keeper to teach Taiwanese.
  因為老師沒來,沒辦法,叫看門的來教台語。

zabji-svisviux: zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'ji-svef'sviux: chie, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, kef, kao, ty; zap'ji-svy'sviux: zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng (loong), zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty; (zap'ji-svy'sviux) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

the twelve signs of the zodiac; The animals used as the signs for the characters of the cycle of twelve: (rat, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig)

十二生肖(鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬)

zørguu zørbea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'guu zøx'bea; zøx/zøex'guu zøx/zøex'bea ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

work hard

做牛做馬

guu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu; (giuu) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

ox, cow, bull

牛

• bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  learn to improvise, use any means at hand, make do with what you have (Lit. When there is no ox to plough, one has to use a horse)
  無可奈何,退而求其次

gu'thaau befbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu'thaau bea'bin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

ox-headed and horse-faced (demons in Hades) (Taoism)

牛頭馬面

Gu'thaau bøo tuix befzhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Guu'thaau bøo tuix bea'zhuix. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

not to the point, unconnected, incongruous (Lit. The head of an ox does not match the mouth of a horse.)

牛頭不對馬嘴,文不對題

sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

use, employ, to make, to act

使

• bøexsae`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'sae`tid; bøe'sae`tid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It will not do at all, it is not allowed.
  不可以

• bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  know how to improvise, (Lit. If you can't get an ox, use a horse to plow the field.)
  無牛用馬耕,事出無奈

• øexsae`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'sae`tid; øe'sae`tid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It will do, can be used, OK.
  可以

sviux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sviux ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

animal signs used in the twelve year cycle, be born in a particular year of the twelve year cycle, represented by one of twelve animals.

屬,生肖

• Lie sviux symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie sviux sirm'miq? ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  What animal is the sign of your year of birth?
  你屬什麼生肖?

• Goar sviux ty. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sviux ty. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  I was born in the year of the pig.
  我屬豬。

• zabji svesviux — zuo, thviuo, iin, bao, siin, ci, gvor, bi, syn, iuo, sud, hai (chie, guu, hor, thox, leeng, zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'ji svef'sviux — zuo, thviuo, iin, bao, siin, ci, gvor, bi, syn, iuo, sud, hai (chie, guu, hor, thox, leeng, zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, kef, kao, ty); zap'ji svef/svy'sviux — zuo, thviuo, iin, bao, siin, ci, gvor, bi, syn, iuo, sud, hai (chie/zhuo, guu, hor, thox, leeng, zoaa, bea, viuu, kaau, køef, kao, ty) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  the year of the animal in which one was born: (the year of the) rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, lamb, monkey, chicken, dog, pig — corresponding to the duodecimal cycle
  十二生肖 — 子,丑,寅,卯,辰,巳,午,未,申,酉,戌,亥(鼠,牛,虎,兔,龍,蛇,馬,羊,猴,雞,狗,豬)

thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf; (thøf) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to drag, to pull, draw along, procrastinate, (diseases) are chronic, be in constant sickness or pain, involve, implicate

拖,拉

• zøx guu zøx bea thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx guu zøx bea thoaf; zøx/zøex guu zøx/zøex bea thoaf ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  very hardworking
  做牛做馬

• gaau thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gaau thoaf ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  fond of procrastinating, always putting off
  會拖

u: aang'guu'bea ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.4]

N bé : Indian flathead fish, Platycephalus

印度牛尾魚

gubøea 牛尾 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu'bea ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.73]

N bé : either of two kinds of flathead fish Inegocia japonica or Platycephalus indicus

日本牙尾魚, 印度牛尾魚

u: guu'bea'hii ⬆︎ 牛尾魚 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.73]

N/Ich bé : any of several genera of flathead fish, family Platycephalidae

牛尾魚

u: guu'iaa bea'iaa ⬆︎ 牛爺馬爺 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.74]

Sph : a lot of bums (said to of a group of people one dislikes or considers beneath his notice)

牛頭馬面

u: bøo'guu sae'bea ⬆︎ 無牛使馬 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.855] [p.855] [#FHL][#CT]

無適當e5時就用其他e5來使用 。 <>

u: zhef'guu jib'bea ⬆︎ 差牛趇馬 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.795] [p.795] [#FHL][#CT]

使用無適當e5使者 。 <>

u: guu'bea ⬆︎ 牛尾 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.398] [p.398] [#FHL][#CT]

( 1 ) 牛e5尾 。 ( 2 ) ( 動 ) 牛尾魚 ＝ [ 魟 ( hang ) 魚 ] 。 <>

u: guu'iaa bea'iaa ⬆︎ 牛爺馬爺 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.394] [p.394] [#FHL][#CT]

( 地獄e5獄卒 ) 牛頭 、 馬頭 。 <>

u: guu'phvi bea'bak ⬆︎ 牛鼻馬目 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.397] [p.397] [#FHL][#CT]

罵愚戇e5人e5話 。 <>

u: guu'sviaf'bea'hao ⬆︎ 牛聲馬哮 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.395] [p.395] [#FHL][#CT]

指講話大聲koh粗野kah - na2牛馬teh哮 。 <>

u: guu'sviaf'bea'kiøx ⬆︎ 牛聲馬叫 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.395] [p.395] [#FHL][#CT]

＝ [ 牛聲 馬哮 ] 。 <>

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