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HTB (cache) (11) thaau-a-zoa:

ciesie putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

remain faithful until death

至死不渝

høfthaau putjuu høfbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

A good end is more important than a good beginning

好始不如好終; 好頭不如好尾

jinsoaxn putjuu thiensoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Human calculations are not equal to God's plan. Man proposes; and God disposes

人算不如天算

khimsiux-putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

worse than beasts (said of those devoid of moral principles and sense of shame) worse than beasts; bestial

禽獸不如

kiongkexng putjuu ciongbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

respectful demeanor does not equal obedience

恭敬不如從命

kiujiin putjuu kiukie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Relying upon oneself is better than relying upon others. If you want a thing done well; do it yourself

求人不如求己

oafnchyn putjuu kixnliin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

A neighbor at hand is better than a relative far off

遠親不如近鄰

pekbuun putjuu itkiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

hear about a thing many times is not equal to a single look at it ─ Seeing is believing

百聞不如一見

putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

there is no better way than to...; cannot be better than; not equal to; would rather... than..

不如

thiensii putjuu texli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

advantages of time are not equal to those of situation

天時不如地利

DFT (3)

🗣 Hør zhantøe putjuu hør zwte. 🗣 (u: Hør zhaan'te pud'juu hør zuo'te. Hør zhaan'tøe pud'juu hør zuo'te.) 好田地不如好子弟。 [wt][mo] [d#]

擁有良田 ， 不如栽培良好的子孫 。 意即土地 、 財富固然重要 ， 但子孫的人品與才學 ， 比財富更有價值 。

🗣 Kax ty kax kao, putjuu ka'ki zao. 🗣 (u: Kax ty kax kao, pud'juu kaf'ki zao.) 教豬教狗，不如家己走。 [wt][mo] [d#]

支使豬支使狗 ， 不如自己跑 。 比喻與其依靠別人不如靠自己 ， 亦即求人不如求己 。

🗣 putjuu 🗣 (u: pud'juu) 不如 [wt][mo] [d#]

1. () (CE) not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to

不如

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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.