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臺語 Taiwanese |
拼音, 漢字, 及英譯 in Pinyin, Chinese Characters, & English |
關鍵字 Key |
例子 Example Phrases or Sentences |
對照比較 Contrasts / Comparisons |
可信度 Confidence Level |
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die1 yi6 bhuan1 bhuan4, qieng4 die1 8siu6 sa1 mi4 sio5 siang3 得意滿滿,蒸得像什麼相像 (ref: -) |
conceit |
as haughty as one can be, fully conceited |
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dieng4 頂 (ref: -) |
top |
top, on top, on, onboard |
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dieng5 qi5 燈市 (ref: dieng5_00) |
lantern market |
Lantern Market, Lantern Festival: Chinese celebrate the Lantern Festival on the 15th of January of the Lunar Calendar, which is the first full moon of the year. They will have lantern contest, riddle-guessing, and of course, Yuanxiao (元宵)dumplings. |
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dieng6 guan4 qi3 定冠詞 (ref: -) |
the |
the -- here, it it referring to the definite article 'the' in English grammar, because in Taiwanese, there is no such thing; we will use 'this' instead. |
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dio4 zuan4 zun5 tao3 ji6 ba4 be4 za6 do5 調轉船頭一百八十度,掉轉船頭一百八十度 (ref: dio4_00) |
u-turn |
(for a ship) to turn the course 180 degrees, to take a u turn, to do exactly the opposite |
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diong5 gan1, diong5 eng1 中間,中央 (ref: -) |
center |
(to be) between, (to be) among |
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diong5 ren3 當然 (ref: -) |
of course |
of course, to be sure |
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do6 liong5, sin5 siong1, sim5 8gua1 度量,心胸,心肝 (ref: -) |
measure |
measure, a measure of someone's heart, chest, and liver; open-minded-ness, tolerance |
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du1 a1 he4, du1 du1 he4 遇子好, 遇遇好 (ref: -) |
coincident |
to fit perfectly, to match perfectly, to have perfect timing; (literally: to be meetingly-meetingly perfect, to be fittingly-fittingly perfect) |
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du1 a4 遇子 (ref: -) |
moments ago |
moments ago |
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du4 dio6 遇到 (ref: -) |
meet |
to meet, to have met |
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dua5 大 (ref: -) |
big |
big, large, huge, great, tremendous |
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dua6 8sia5 bang4 pui6 大聲放屁 (ref: -) |
fart |
to fart loudly, to talk emptily and loudly |
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dua6 bai3 den6 8ya5 bhieng5 sieng1 大牌電影明星 (ref: dua6_00) |
big shot |
bigshot movie stars |
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dua6 gang5 dieng3, sa1 mi1 dua6 gang5 dieng3 大工程!什麽大工程! (ref: -) |
big deal |
Big deal! What's the big deal! (Originally: Big engineering project! What's the big engineering project?) |
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dua6 gong1 bhu5 su1, dua6 gong1 wu5 su1 大公無私 (ref: dua6_01) |
impartial |
completely impartial -- a famous motto of Dr. Sun Zhongshan, the Father of the Republic of China, citing the classical Book of Rituals. The original sentence is: 大道之行也天下為公 "When the heavenly way is in force, the world is open and impartial to all." |
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dui4 huan4 對反 (ref: -) |
opposite |
to be the opposite, to be on the contrary |
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e5 的 (ref: -) |
possessive ending |
the adjective ending, or the possessive adjective ending which is equvalent to the apostrophy ('s) in English |
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e6 sai4, ko1 yi4 可使,可以 (ref: -) |
can |
It will work. |
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ga5 8kua6! 給看! (ref: -) |
look |
Look! |
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ga5 da1 rin3 加達人 (ref: -) |
Bible |
Gadarenes (biblic) |
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ga5 dieng3 家庭 (ref: -) |
family |
family |
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ga5 giong3 加強 (ref: -) |
reinforce |
to reinforce |
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