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chiak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiak [[...]] 

hasten, hurry

催促

• Sikafn tøf iawbøe kaux si teq chiak symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sii'kafn tøf iao'boe kaux si teq chiak sirm'miq?; Sii'kafn tøf iao'bøe kaux si teq chiak sirm'miq? [[...]] 
  It is not time yet, what are you in a hurry about?
  時間還沒到,你是在催促什麼?

zuxpurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'purn [[...]] 

originally

原本,本來

• Y zuxpurn tøf mxsi afnnef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y zu'purn tøf m'si arn'nef. [[...]] 
  Originally it wasn't like that.
  他本來不是這樣。

høfsu tøf moo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'su tøf moo [[...]] 

road to happiness is strewn with setbacks

好事多磨

• Zøx hør taixcix sitpai bøo iaokirn, in'ui si høfsu tøf moo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx hør tai'cix sid'pai bøo iaux'kirn, yn'ui si hør'su tøf moo.; Zøx/Zøex hør tai'cix sid'pai bøo iaux'kirn, yn'ui si hør'su tøf moo. [[...]] 
  The road to happiness is strewn with setbacks so don't worry about difficulties you run into when you are doing good work.
  做事失敗沒關係,因為是好事多磨。

lun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lun; jun; (jun) [[...]] 

tough, tenacious, strong, patient, endurable, persevering

堅韌

• Tøf twn, mxsi baq jun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tøf twn, m'si baq jun. [[...]] 
  It's that the knife is dull, the meat isn't tough. — If you don't know how, you criticize.
  刀鈍不是肉老,技差不是事難。

tøsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf'si [[...]] 

all, no exception

都是

tøsi afnnef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf'si arn'nef [[...]] 

indeed, it is so, everything is just that way, all that way

都是這樣

Tøf twn mxsi baq jun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tøf twn m'si baq jun. [[...]] 

It's a poor workman that blames his tools

刀鈍不是肉老,技差不是事難。

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