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batsviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad'sviu [[...]] 

diligent at work and regular in behavior, (as boy or lad), discerning, discreet

會辨別是非,懂事

• mxbad sviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'bad sviu [[...]] 
  undiscerning, indiscreet
  不會辨別是非

• Batsngx mxbad tii, thiørbie bea hancii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bad'sngx m'bad tii, thiøx'bie bea hafn'cii. [[...]] 
  He is very stupid in business dealings.
  會算不會除,賣米買蕃薯,計算不精,以好換賤。

biefntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'tii [[...]] 

give quittance, relieve from obligations

免除

bøo tviutii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tviw'tii; bøo tviw'tii [[...]] 

careless

不小心

bwzofng kaytii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo'zofng kae'tii [[...]] 

disarmament

武裝解除

bwtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo'tii [[...]] 

dance floor

舞池

zafmzhao tikyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zarm'zhao tii'kyn [[...]] 

take care of a situation so that it is settled once and for all (Lit. Pull grass out by the roots.)

斬草除根

zekzuie sengtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'zuie seeng'tii [[...]] 

The ocean is made up of many drops of water.

積水成池

zhengtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'tii [[...]] 

eliminate, be rid of, liquidate, purge, remove, clean or tidy up a house

清除

chitkhaux-pøehtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'khaux-peq'tii; chid'khaux-pøeq'tii [[...]] 

various discounts, deductions

七扣八除

ciefnzhao tikyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciern'zhao tii'kyn [[...]] 

exterminate completely, eradicate branch and root (Lit. cut the grass and remove the root.)

剪草除根

ciefntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciern'tii [[...]] 

remove, exterminate, cut off

剪除

ciu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciu [[...]] 

take him on his own terms, on (one's) own terms

遷就

• Hid khoarn arpax ee laang, tiliao ciu y ygoa karm iao u paxnhoad? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn ax'pax ee laang, tii'liao ciu y ie'goa karm iao u pan'hoad? [[...]] 
  That kind of oppressive person, how can you do anything but meet him on his own terms?
  那種不講理的人,除了遷就他以外,還有辦法嗎?

ciwtii jiogliim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo'tii jiok'liim [[...]] 

debauchery on a magnificent scale, unprecedented luxury or wealth (Lit. ponds of wine, woods of meat)

酒池肉林

ciu'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw'uii [[...]] 

circumference, all around

周圍

• hi'tii ee ciu'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'tii ee ciw'uii [[...]] 
  the circumference of the pond
  魚池的周圍

• ciu'uii ee laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw'uii ee laang [[...]] 
  attendants, neighbors, the people around us, associates
  周圍的人

zwkiofng chiettii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'kiofng chied'tii [[...]] 

hysterectomy

子宮切除

zuytii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'tii [[...]] 

pool, pond

水池

egtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ek'tii [[...]] 

large bath (as at a hot spring)

浴池

hi'tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'tii [[...]] 

fish pond

魚池

hiøxhoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiø'hoan [[...]] 

future trouble

後患

• Aix zafmzhao tikyn ciaq bøe u hiøxhoan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Aix zarm'zhao tii'kyn ciaq be u hiø'hoan.; Aix zarm'zhao tii'kyn ciaq bøe u hiø'hoan. [[...]] 
  Lit. You need to pull weeds out by the roots to avoid future trouble.
  要斬草除根才不會有後患。

hoarhurntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoax'huxn'tii [[...]] 

cesspool

化糞池

hoartii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoax'tii [[...]] 

dissolve to nothing, dispel

化除

hoeatii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex'tii [[...]] 

cast to one side, abolish

廢除

hoehtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoeq'tii; hoeq/huiq'tii [[...]] 

bloody pool in the Buddhist hell for women who die in the first month after child birth

血池

huytii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huie'tii [[...]] 

destroy utterly

毀除

ientii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen'tii; (tii'ieen) [[...]] 

delay, be delayed, be retarded, a delay

延遲,遲延

• Høefchiaf ientii cit tiafmzefng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoea'chiaf ieen'tii cit tiarm'zefng.; Høea'chiaf ieen'tii cit tiarm'zefng. [[...]] 
  The train was delayed for an hour.
  火車延遲一小時。

• mxthafng ientii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'thafng ieen'tii [[...]] 
  without delay
  不要延遲

iuefngtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuu'erng'tii [[...]] 

swimming pool

游泳池

jiok iaux jiin putty, ti'huy kie bog'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiok iaux jiin pud'ty, tii'huy kie bok'uii [[...]] 

The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it.

若要人不知,除非己莫為

kahzoxngsvoax chiettii chiwsut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq'zong'svoax chied'tii chiuo'sut [[...]] 

thyroidectomy

甲狀腺切除手術

kaytii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'tii [[...]] 

cancellation, to release

解除

• kaytii bwzofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'tii buo'zofng [[...]] 
  disarm troops
  解除武裝

• kaytii khongsip kefngpøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'tii khofng'sip kerng'pøx [[...]] 
  clear the air-raid alarm
  解除空襲警報

kaetii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaix'tii [[...]] 

abstain from, give up

戒除

kafn-tiexntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'tien'tii; kafn-tien'tii; (taf'tien) [[...]] 

dry cell battery

乾電池

kektii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keg'tii [[...]] 

discard, get rid of

革除

khaitii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khay'tii [[...]] 

fire (an employee), expel (a student from school)

開除

khaotii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'tii [[...]] 

subtract, deduct

扣除

• Khaotii søeakym u nngxban khof ee siujip. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khaux'tii soex'kym u nng'ban khof ee siw'jip.; Khaux'tii søex'kym u nng'ban khof ee siw'jip. [[...]] 
  an income of twenty thousand dollars after tax deduction
  扣除稅款有兩萬元的收入。

• chitkhaux-pøehtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'khaux-peq'tii; chid'khaux-pøeq'tii [[...]] 
  run up a heavy list of deductions and countercharges, making out that there is very little, if anything, to be paid
  七扣八除

khøea'iog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'iog; khøex'iog [[...]] 

contract, compact, conclude a contract

契約

• khøea'iog-sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'iog'sw; khøex'iog'sw [[...]] 
  written contract
  契約書

• kaytii khøeaiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'tii khex'iog; kae'tii khøex'iog; (zhuo'siaw khex'iog) [[...]] 
  cancel the contract
  解除契約

• lyheeng khøeaiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lie'heeng khex'iog; lie'heeng khøex'iog [[...]] 
  carry out the contract, live up to the contract
  履行契約

khør hi'tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khør hii'tii [[...]] 

drain a pond (in order to harvest the fish)

排乾池水以捕魚

khongsip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khofng'sip [[...]] 

air-raid, make an air-raid

空襲

• khongsip kefngpøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khofng'sip kerng'pøx [[...]] 
  air-raid alarm
  空襲警報

• hoad khongsip kefngpøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoad khofng'sip kerng'pøx [[...]] 
  sound an air-raid alarm
  發空襲警報

• kaytii khongsip kefngpøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'tii khofng'sip kerng'pøx [[...]] 
  give the all clear signal
  解除空襲警報

khu'tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khw'tii [[...]] 

drive out, get rid of, eliminate

驅除

khu'tiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khw'tiok; (khw'tii) [[...]] 

get rid of, to drive out (bad customs, harmful insects, enemies etc.)

驅逐,驅除

khuitii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khuy'tii [[...]] 

new fish pond is open for business

魚池開始營業

kie'tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kix'tii; (kix'tix) [[...]] 

memory

記性,記憶力

• Y cyn hør kie'tii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn hør kix'tii. [[...]] 
  He has a good memory.
  他記性很好。

• Lie cyn bøo kie'tii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie cyn bøo kix'tii. [[...]] 
  You have a poor memory.
  你記性很壞。

kiafmtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiarm'tii [[...]] 

diminish

減除

kiettngg chiettisut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'tngg chied'tii'sut [[...]] 

colostomy

結腸切除術

lienhoetii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lieen'hoef'tii [[...]] 

lotus pond

蓮花池

lioong huy ti'tiongbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lioong huy tii'tiofng'but [[...]] 

dragon is not a creature of a pond (but of the ocean) — a man of great ability

龍非池中物

ngfar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ngr'ar [[...]] 

small basket used for selling or weighing things

小籃子

• Six niuo ngfar tiøh tii khylaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Six niuo ngr'ar tiøh tii khie'laai. [[...]] 
  If you wish to take the splinter out of someone's eye, you must first take the beam out of your own eye." (Lit. When you determine the weight of something, you have to deduct the weight of the basket that holds it.
  四兩重的小籃子得扣掉。要知道自己的輕重。

paitii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paai'tii [[...]] 

exclusion, removal, exclude, remove, eliminate, put out of the way

排除

paitii baxnlaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paai'tii ban'laan [[...]] 

overcome all difficulties

排除萬難

pefngpeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: perng'peh; (perng'to) [[...]] 

fish dies (Lit. a fish goes belly up)

翻肚,翻白

• Hi'tii cide lahsab, hi'ar lorng pefngpeh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hii'tii cit'e laq'sab, hii'ar lorng perng'peh. [[...]] 
  If a fish tank gets dirty all the fish die.
  魚池的水一髒,魚都翻肚了。

phørtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phøx'tii [[...]] 

eliminate, remove

破除

phørtii besixn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phøx'tii bee'sixn [[...]] 

break down superstitions, get rid of superstition

破除迷信

phurnzuie-tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phuxn'zuie'tii; phuxn'zuie-tii [[...]] 

fountain, pond with a fountain in the center

噴水池

pixtisox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pi'tii'sox [[...]] 

dividend

被除數

poadtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poat'tii [[...]] 

uproot, eradicate

拔除

santii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safn'tii; (safn'tiau) [[...]] 

cross out (an item), delete, expunge, strike out, erase, or remove (superfluities from a writing)

刪除

svatii siekhaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf'tii six'khaux [[...]] 

to continually cut back

扣來扣去

saotii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saux'tii [[...]] 

sweep clean, eliminate (bad habits, undesirable elements)

掃除

sefegtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sea'ek'tii; søea'ek'tii [[...]] 

big (common) bath tub, ofuro

洗澡池,洗澡盆

søeftuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sea'tii; søea'tuu [[...]] 

wash away completely

洗除

six [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six; (sux) [[...]] 

four

四

• chietzøx sieciw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chied'zøx six'ciw [[...]] 
  cut into four pieces at right angle (e.g., a cake, fruit)
  切成四塊

• Six niuo ngfar tiøh tii (khylaai) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Six niuo ngr'ar tiøh tii (khie'laai) [[...]] 
  When you give the weight, you have to deduct the weight of the basket — "Take the beam out of your own eye"
  四兩重小籃子得扣掉,得拿掉自己眼中的樑

siahtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaq'tii [[...]] 

strike out, omit

削除

siautii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaw'tii [[...]] 

eliminate, get rid of

消除

ta'khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'khix [[...]] 

dried up, withered, run dry, be exhausted, used up

乾枯,光了

• Cvii iong ta'khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cvii iong taf'khix. [[...]] 
  The money is all used up.
  錢用光了。

• Hi'tii ee zuie ta'khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hii'tii ee zuie taf'khix. [[...]] 
  The pond is all dried up.
  魚池的水乾了。

• Hid zaang chiuar ta'khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid zaang chiu'ar taf'khix. [[...]] 
  That tree is withered up.
  那棵樹乾枯了。

taf-tiexntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'tien'tii; taf-tien'tii; (kafn'tien'tii) [[...]] 

dry cell battery

乾電池

tefngsy koarn exsy, ti'thaau koarn purnky. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: terng'sy koarn e'sy, tii'thaau koarn puxn'ky. [[...]] 

upper will rule lower, the mattock rules the bamboo scoop, at every level the superior will lord it over the inferior

上司管下司,鋤頭管畚箕,大魚吃小魚,小魚吃蝦子,大壓小。

thiahtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiaq'tii [[...]] 

dismantle and get rid of, pull down (an old house)

拆除

thiettii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thied'tii [[...]] 

abolish, do away with

撤除

thiautii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiaw'tii [[...]] 

of set purpose

故意

• Y mxsi thiautii boeq ho y siongsym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y m'si thiaw'tii boeq ho y siofng'sym.; Y m'si thiaw'tii bøeq ho y siofng'sym. [[...]] 
  She didn't hurt him on purpose.
  她不是故意要使他傷心的。

thiokzuytii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiog'zuie'tii [[...]] 

reservoir

蓄水池

thioktiexntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiog'tien'tii [[...]] 

storage battery, cell, or accumulator

蓄電池

tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii [[...]] 

pond, pool, moat

池

• zuytii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'tii [[...]] 
  pool, pond
  水池

• hi'tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'tii [[...]] 
  fish pond
  魚池

• iuefngtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuu'erng'tii [[...]] 
  swimming pool
  游泳池

• tiexntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tien'tii [[...]] 
  electric battery, dry cell
  電池

tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii [[...]] 

go swiftly, flee, to rush, to speed, to spread, exert

馳

• beeng tii hiøxsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng tii hiø'sex [[...]] 
  His name is handed down to future generations.
  名馳後世

tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii; (tuu) [[...]] 

divide, division (in Math), remove, rid of, wipe out, subtract, deduct, aside from, besides, except, unless, to change or turn, e.g., a new year

除

• hoeatii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex'tii [[...]] 
  abolish
  廢除

• khaotii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'tii [[...]] 
  deduct (from wages or payments)
  扣除

• saotii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saux'tii [[...]] 
  remove entirely (bad persons or things)
  掃除

• siautii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaw'tii [[...]] 
  remove or dispel (evils, calamities, fatigue)
  消除

tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii [[...]] 

late, slow, dilatory, tardy, to delay, stupid

遲

• ientii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen'tii [[...]] 
  procrastinate
  延遲

tizek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'zek [[...]] 

remove or cancel a name from the family or school register

除籍

tizhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'zhao [[...]] 

to weed (in farming), mow grass, cut weeds

除草

tizhaozef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'zhaux'zef [[...]] 

deodorant

除臭劑

tii zhuo cy goa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii zhuo cy goa; (tii zhuo ie'goa) [[...]] 

besides this (or these), in addition

除此之外,除此以外

tigoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'goa [[...]] 

aside from this, in addition exclude

除外

ti'hai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'hai [[...]] 

get rid of bad habits, practices or persons

除害

ti'hai anlioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'hai afn'lioong [[...]] 

suppress the evil and pacify the good

除害安良

ti'hii cy iofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'hii cy iofng [[...]] 

disaster brought on by others, calamities suffered by innocent bystanders

池魚之殃

ti'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'hoad [[...]] 

division (in math )

除法

ti'huy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'huy [[...]] 

with the exception, only if, unless

除非

tikyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'kyn [[...]] 

root out, eradicate, uproot

除根

tiliao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'liao [[...]] 

except that, in addition to

除了

• Tiliao paeid ygoa lorng u eeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tii'liao paix'id ie'goa lorng u eeng. [[...]] 
  I am always free except on Monday.
  除了禮拜一以外都有空。

ti'miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'miaa [[...]] 

dismiss, strike one's name off the list, expel

除名

ti'pve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'pve [[...]] 

get rid of a disease or a bad habit, practice

除病

ti'pok anlioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'pok afn'lioong [[...]] 

drive out the rascals and protect the people

除暴安良

ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'thaau [[...]] 

to hoe, a hoe

鋤頭

ti'thaupvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'thaau'pvex [[...]] 

handle of a hoe

鋤頭柄

ti'tii-khaokhaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'tii'khaux'khaux; tii'tii-khaux'khaux [[...]] 

to continually cut back

又扣又除

ti'tøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'tøx [[...]] 

come or arrive late, be late

遲到

tiexntii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tien'tii [[...]] 

electric battery, dry cell

電池

tiautii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaw'tii; (thiaw'tii) [[...]] 

on purpose, purposely, intentionally, deliberately

故意

tiutii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiuu'tii [[...]] 

hesitate, waver, complacent, confident, irresolute, undecided, be in doubt, undecided in purpose

躊躇,猶豫

tviutii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviw'tii [[...]] 

be on one's guard, intentionally, careful, be ware of, take caution

注意

• bøo tviutii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo tviw'tii [[...]] 
  unexpectedly, suddenly, be careless, be inattentive
  無意中

• bøtviw bøtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tviw bøo'tii [[...]] 
  suddenly, unexpectedly
  忽然,想不到

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