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- baq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baq [[...]]
- meat, flesh, pork if not otherwise specified, pulp or edible part of fruit, blade of a knife
- 肉
- Bexngbiør samchiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Beng'biør safm'chiefn [[...]]
- The mother of Mencius changed her abode three times, in order to get a better environment for her son's education.
- 孟母三遷
- Bøo su pud jip sampøftien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo su pud jip safm'pør'tien [[...]]
- I need to see you, I have a favor to ask of you. (Lit. - Don't enter the emperor's office unless you have official business.)
- 無事不登三寶殿
- buu safm putsenglea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu safm pud'seeng'lea [[...]]
- everything comes in three's, omne trinum perfectum
- 無三不成禮
- zabsvatiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'svaf-tiarm; (safm'pad) [[...]]
- silly (slang), acting in a stupid manner which evokes delight and laughter rather than disgust, dumb broad
- 十三點,三八
- zawsamkoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'safm'koafn [[...]]
- run away to avoid trouble
- 走三關
- zenghoaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'hoaa [[...]]
- essential and ornamental, the cream or choicest parts of literature, the essence, the flower of scholarship, chivalry
- 精華
- chitpheg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'pheg [[...]]
- seven inferior souls (Taoism)
- 七魄
- cvigiin/cviguun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii'giin [[...]]
- money
- 錢
- ciapji liensafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciab'ji lieen'safm [[...]]
- one after the other, continuously, repeatedly
- 接二連三
- zøx samhiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx safm'hiexn; zøx/zøex safm'hiexn [[...]]
- celebrate Taoist rites of thanksgiving in order to obtain good fortune or avert calamity (A larger version is called "cho-chio".)
- 做三獻(普渡)
- haysofm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'sofm; (hae'safm) [[...]]
- a sea cucumber, sea slug
- 海蔘
- habparn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hap'parn; (safm'kiab'parn) [[...]]
- plywood
- 合板,三夾板
- hoan samsoaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoan safm'soaq [[...]]
- come under the baleful influence of the three malicious demons
- 犯三煞
- høefthuie sambengti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'thuie safm'beeng'ti; høea'thuie safm'beeng'ti [[...]]
- ham sandwich
- 火腿三明治
- hunlip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'lip [[...]]
- branch establishment, set up independently
- 分立
- Iok'han Id, Ji, Safm sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iog'han Id, Ji, Safm sw [[...]]
- The First, Second and Third Epistles of John (Protestant)
- 約翰一 二 三書
- 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
- 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
- itjit samchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'jit safm'chiw [[...]]
- longing for loved ones or close friends far away (Lit. A single day seems as long as three years.)
- 一日三秋
- itphøf samcied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'phøf safm'cied [[...]]
- meeting repeated difficulties, hitting one snag after another
- 一波三折
- itthea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'thea [[...]]
- one body, the whole of, all, equally, uniformly
- 一體
- Jiogbong Id, ji, Safm Sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiok'bong Id, ji, Safm Sw [[...]]
- The First, Second and Third Epistles of John (Catholic)
- 若望一 二 三書
- jit too samzhafn, ia too itsiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jit too safm'zhafn, ia too id'siog [[...]]
- The people have no other ambition than food in their bellies and a roof over their head.
- 日圖三餐,夜圖一宿
- kawthox iuo safm khud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kao'thox iuo safm khud [[...]]
- The wily hare has three holes to his burrow.
- 狡兔有三窟
- kyit'hoafnsafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kie'id'hoarn'safm [[...]]
- to infer the rest from what is already known (Lit. to be able to infer "three" from only "one" that is known)
- 舉一反三
- kiapparn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiab'parn; (kab'parn) [[...]]
- wedges, boards for supporting, pressing the sides of anything or for torturing, splint
- 夾板
- kiokkiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiog'kiofng [[...]]
- bow, a bow (as a gesture of respect)
- 鞠躬
- lenghuun samsw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng'huun safm'sw [[...]]
- three qualities of the rational soul, faculties of the soul
- 靈魂三司
- lioghaykhofng samkwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liok'hae'khofng safm'kwn [[...]]
- army, navy and air force
- 陸海空三軍
- liofng'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liorng'ix [[...]]
- insincere, equivocal
- 兩意
- pheg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pheg [[...]]
- vigor, the soul, animal, inferior soul, animation, form, body
- 魄
- put'haux iwsafm, bu'hiø uitai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'haux iuo'safm, buu'hiø uii'tai [[...]]
- Having no male heir is the gravest of three cardinal offenses against filial piety.
- 不孝有三,無後為大。
- putsafm putsux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'safm pud'sux [[...]]
- neither one thing nor the other, insolent, formless, grotesque, incongruities in shape, appearance, manner
- 不三不四
- puttong sampør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'tong safm'pør [[...]]
- a very fortunate person (Lit. hands don't need to move)
- 不必勞動的富家人
- samhuun chitpheg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'huun chid'pheg [[...]]
- three spirits and seven animal souls which a human possesses
- 三魂七魄
- Samji-Kefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'ji'kefng; Safm'ji-Kefng [[...]]
- trimetrical Classic, formerly the first primer in schools
- 三字經
- Safm jiin heeng, pid iuo gvor sw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm jiin heeng, pid iuo gvor sw. [[...]]
- If three of us are walking together, at least one of the other two is good enough to be my teacher.
- 三人同行,必有我師。
- samkaekofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kaix'kofng [[...]]
- gods of heaven, earth and water
- 三界公
- samkaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kaux [[...]]
- the three religions: Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism
- 三教
- samkaux kiwliuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kaux kiuo'liuu [[...]]
- Lit. the three religions (Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism) and the nine schools (Confucianist, Taoist, Astrologist, Legalist, Nominalist, Mohist, Diplomatist, Miscellanist and Agriculturist) — people of all walks of life
- 三教九流
- samkhetorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'khef'torng [[...]]
- Ku Klux Klan
- 三K黨
- samkiapparn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kiab'parn; (hap'parn) [[...]]
- plywood
- 三夾板,合板
- samkiokkiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kiog'kiofng [[...]]
- three bows of modern ceremony
- 三鞠躬
- samkoaan hunlip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'koaan hwn'lip [[...]]
- separation of the legislative, executive and judicial functions of a government
- 三權分立
- Samkog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'kog [[...]]
- the three kingdoms, Wei, Shu and Wu, which existed in China from AD 222 to 265
- 三國
- Samkokcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'kog'cix [[...]]
- History of the Three Kingdoms
- 三國誌
- samkux putli pwnhaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kux pud'li purn'haang [[...]]
- talk shop frequently when conversing with people outside the talker's own profession, talking about one's own trade
- 三句不離本行
- samkwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'kwn [[...]]
- armed forces
- 三軍
- samleng gvofsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'leng gvor'syn [[...]]
- repeated orders and injunctions
- 三令五申
- samgvor sengkuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'gvor seeng'kuun [[...]]
- in groups of three or five
- 三五成群
- Sam'oong laitiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'oong laai'tiaau [[...]]
- Epiphany (obsolete Catholic)
- 三王來朝
- samparn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'parn [[...]]
- sampan
- 舢舨
- sampad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pad [[...]]
- silly, impudent and talkative (woman), dumb broad
- 三八,十三點
- sampatcied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pad'cied; (hu'lie'cied) [[...]]
- women's Day, March the 8th
- 三八節,婦女節
- sampøfhut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pør'hut [[...]]
- three perfect Buddha Shakyamuni, Amida Buddha, and Maitreya Buddha
- 三寶佛
- sampud-goxsii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pud'go'sii; safm'pud-go'sii [[...]]
- once in a long while, at long intervals, occasionally, every little once in a while
- 偶而
- safm put'heng: siaolieen soxng hu, tionglieen soxng zhef, boafnlieen bøo zuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm pud'heng: siaux'lieen soxng hu, tiofng'lieen soxng zhef, boarn'lieen bøo zuo [[...]]
- three greatest misfortunes in youth to lose one's father, in middle age to lose one's wife, in old age to have no son
- 三不幸,少年喪父,中年喪妻,晚年無子
- samputkoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pud'koarn [[...]]
- referring to a lazy man who does not look after his own and his family's clothing, food and housing
- 三不管
- samputty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'pud'ty [[...]]
- know neither the beginning, the middle nor the end of a matter, complete ignorance (sometimes pretended)
- 三不知
- samsafm gvofgvor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'safm gvor'gvor [[...]]
- small groups of people scattered here and there
- 三三五五
- samsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'sefng [[...]]
- three kinds of (animal) offerings
- 三牲
- samsefng iwheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'sefng iuo'heng [[...]]
- greatest fortune in three incarnations: to make friends with worthy persons or to marry a virtuous and beautiful wife
- 三生有幸
- samsym liofng'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'sym liorng'ix [[...]]
- irresolute, vacillating, changeable, waver
- 三心兩意
- samsyn gvofleng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'syn gvor'leng [[...]]
- give repeated orders
- 三申五令
- samsip jii lip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'sip jii lip [[...]]
- thirty years of age, when a man should stand on his own two feet
- 三十而立
- samtai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'tai; (svaf'te) [[...]]
- three generations, the Three Dynasties: Shiah, Shang and Jou
- 三代(夏,商,周)
- samtai tongtoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'tai toong'toong; (safm'tai toong'tngg) [[...]]
- three generations living under the same roof (under the extended family system)
- 三代同堂
- samthiøo liogpix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'thiøo liok'pix [[...]]
- resourceful person
- 三頭六臂
- samtiaau goanlør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'tiaau goaan'lør [[...]]
- high statesman of three reigns
- 三朝元老
- samtøf (tø'hog, tøsiu, tøzuo) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'tøf (tøf'hog, tøf'siu, tøf'zuo) [[...]]
- three abundances (abundance of blessings, abundance of longevity, abundance of male offspring) which the people of old considered as the ingredients of happy life
- 三多(多福,多壽,多子)
- sam'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'uii [[...]]
- three measurements of a woman, the vital statistics
- 三圍
- sam'ui-itthea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'ui id'thea; safm'ui-id'thea [[...]]
- three persons, One Nature — the Trinity
- 三位一體
- svaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf; (safm) [[...]]
- three
- 三
- svazhef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf'zhef; (safm'zhef) [[...]]
- three-pronged fork, a trident
- 三叉
- safm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm; (svaf) [[...]]
- three
- 三
- safm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm; (safm'ar) [[...]]
- Japan cedar, various species of fir and pine, conifers
- 杉
- sam'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'ar [[...]]
- China fir
- 杉木
- sambengti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'beeng'ti [[...]]
- sandwich
- 三明治
- Sambiin-zwgi (Binzok-zwgi, Binkoaan-zwgi, Binsefng-zwgi) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'biin'zuo'gi (Biin'zok zuo'gi, Biin'koaan zuo'gi, Biin'sefng zuo'gi); Safm'biin-zuo'gi (Biin'zok-zuo'gi, Biin'koaan-zuo'gi, Biin'sefng-zuo'gi) [[...]]
- Three Principles of the People (nationalism, democracy, livelihood), by Dr Sun yet-sen, founding father (國父) of the Republic of China
- 三民主義(民族主義,民權主義,民生主義)
- samzanbaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'zaan'baq [[...]]
- pork having fat and lean in alternate layers
- 五花肉
- samzhafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'zhafn [[...]]
- three meals: breakfast, lunch and supper
- 三餐
- samzhelo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'zhef'lo [[...]]
- junction of three roads
- 三岔路
- samchitgvor kiafmzof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'chid'gvor kiarm'zof [[...]]
- 37.5% rental reduction policy: the first step taken in Taiwan's land reform program, under which the ceiling of farm rental was fixed 37.5% of the yield
- 三七五減租
- Samciongkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Safm'ciofng'kefng [[...]]
- Angelus (Catholic)
- 三鐘經(天主教)
- samcioong suoteg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'cioong sux'teg [[...]]
- three subserviences and four virtues of women — in ancient China a woman was required to obey her father before marriage, her husband during married life and her sons in widowhood. The four virtues are fidelity, physical charm, propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework.
- 三從四德
- samgoaan (zefng, khix, siin) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'goaan (zefng, khix, siin) [[...]]
- three great principles (essence, breath, and spirit) the three primordial powers: heaven, earth and water
- 三元(精,氣,神)
- samhabthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'hap'thor [[...]]
- mortar
- 三合土
- samhof baxnsoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'hof ban'soex [[...]]
- three cheers
- 三呼萬歲
- samhoafn liofngzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'hoafn liorng'zhux [[...]]
- time and again, repeatedly
- 三番兩次
- samhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'huun [[...]]
- three souls of man: one ascends to heaven, one goes to earth, one stays with the corpse
- 三魂
- senglea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'lea [[...]]
- meat offerings, offerings of flesh to the dead or the gods
- 牲禮
- Serngsafm Zwjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sexng'safm Zuo'jit [[...]]
- Trinity Sunday (Catholic)
- 聖三主日
- syn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn [[...]]
- state to a superior, to report, notify, give orders, to appeal, the ninth of the Twelve Terrestrial Branches
- 申
- soaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soaq [[...]]
- fierce god, malignant, deity
- 煞
- sofm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sofm; (sym, safm) [[...]]
- ginseng
- 蔘
- theapi samsiax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex'pi safm'siax [[...]]
- literally to retreat ninety "li" — to retreat as far as possible in the face of a strong adversary or contestant
- 退避三舍
- Thienzuo Serngsafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thiefn'zuo Sexng'safm [[...]]
- The Holy Trinity (Catholic)
- 天主聖三
- thiøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiøo; (thaau) [[...]]
- head, top, chief, first, best, beginning
- 頭
- thox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thox [[...]]
- hare, rabbit
- 兔
- tiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaau [[...]]
- imperial court, dynasty, go to the imperial court, to face
- 朝
- tiausafm boxsux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaw'safm bo'sux [[...]]
- to swindle by a clever trick, inconsistent, whimsical, freakish (Lit. three in the morning and four in the evening — This expression refers to the story of a man who promised his monkeys three chestnuts in the morning and four in the evening. They objected, so he offered three in the evening and four in the morning, to which they agreed.)
- 朝三暮四