Tâi-oân Chè-chō

Entries categorized as ‘J’

Fluorescent Lightbulb (the long kind)

July 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Ji̍t8-kong teng-kóng

Categories: Environment · J

Take a backseat to no one

May 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment

M̄ jīn-su lâng

Categories: J

National identity

April 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Kok-ka jīn-tông

Kok-bîn bûn-ha̍k sī hêng-sêng kok-ka jīn-tông ê koan-kìan chi-it.

A national literature is one of the keys to establishing a national identity.

Categories: J · K · Politics

Literal meaning

April 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Jī-bīn-siōng ê ì-sù

Categories: J · Linguistics

Chng-kha só∙-chāi khah ū jîn-chêng-bī

January 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Places in the country are more hospitable.

Categories: J · Relationships

Jîn-seng hái-hái

December 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Life’s like that, sh*t happens

Jîn-seng hái-hái, bían kè-kàu lah!

That just the way it is…don’t get so uptight about it.

(Fang, Nan-qiang. Yaqi Jiang Taiyu: Diyi Ji. Taipei County Xindian City: Kaituo, 1997. P. 111)

Categories: J · Proverbs