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HTB (cache) (28) thaau-10-zoa:

axm laang ee cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

make secret unfair gains from another's money

侵佔他人的錢

bad laang ee jinzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

know or understand the value of being grateful; know how to show gratitude

識人的人情; 知恩

chiørphoax laang ee zhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

be overwhelmed with laughter; to roll with laughter

笑破人的嘴

ciah laang ee png [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

be in a man's employ; dependent on him

吃人的飯; 受雇

ciaxm laang ee bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

take possession of another man's wife

佔人的某

exng laang ee lixpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

to help people; to make things easier for people

給予別人方便

khaxng laang ee liab'afphie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

put a man to shame by telling his secrets

揭人瘡疤; 揭人的粒仔痞

khaxng laang ee zhaothauphie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

put a man to shame by telling his secrets

揭人瘡疤; 揭人的臭頭痞

Khofngzwkofng mxkvar siw laang ee kehmii-thiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

Confucius did not dare accept an invitation for the next day. Tomorrow is very uncertain

孔子公不敢收隔夜帖 (不知未來如何)

korng laang ee tngtea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]

criticize others; talk about the shortcomings of others

說人長短

DFT (5)

🗣 Iong padlaang ee kunthaubuo zefng ciøqsay. 🗣 (u: Iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'buo zefng ciøh'say. ⬆︎ ) 用別人的拳頭拇舂石獅。 [wt][mo][[MK]] [d#]

用別人的拳頭去揍石獅子 。 利用別人去做自己不願意做的事情 ， 比喻犧牲他人來成就自己 。

🗣 Laang ee zhuix, afm bøe bat. 🗣 (u: Laang ee zhuix, afm be bat. Laang ee zhuix, afm bøe bat. ⬆︎ ) 人的喙，掩袂密。 [wt][mo][[MK]] [d#]

人們通常無法管住別人的嘴巴 。 亦即難杜悠悠之口 。

🗣 løh laang ee zhuix/løqlang'ezhuix 🗣 (u: løh'laang'ee'zhuix ⬆︎ ) 落人的喙 [wt][mo][[MK]] [d#]

落人口實 。 即遭受他人的批評 。

🗣 Øe ka`laang ee kao bøe pui. 🗣 (u: E ka`laang ee kao be pui. Øe ka`laang ee kao bøe pui. ⬆︎ ) 會咬人的狗袂吠。 [wt][mo][[MK]] [d#]

會咬人的狗不會叫 。 比喻城府甚深之人少言 ， 不易流露其情緒 。

🗣 Padlaang ee kviar sie bøe liao. 🗣 (u: Pat'laang ee kviar sie be liao. Pat'laang ee kviar sie bøe liao. ⬆︎ ) 別人的囝死袂了。 [wt][mo][[MK]] [d#]

別人的小孩死不完 。 形容人非常自私 ， 為了自己的利益 ， 不顧別人的死活 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• Maryknoll: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim08: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten (TDJ)) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2008. We make updates and corrections, and refer to Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢2019 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of TDJ) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019.

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.