People living hand-to-mouth; day laborers

Thàn-chia̍h8-lâng

Haven’t been able to reach consensus

Iáu bē ta̍t-sêng thóng-it ê ì-kiàn

or:

Kàu taⁿ pēng bô kiōng-sek

(Extravagant) luxury goods

Thó-chè-mi̍h

Indigenization

Thó∙-tù-hòa

Skip class, play hooky

Tô-ha̍k, tô-o̍h, tô-khò, thau-cháu-o̍h

Fax

Thôan-chin

Thàn lâng ê chîⁿ

Work for someone else (as opposed to oneself)

[Literally: " to make a person's money"]

That tó-ke

Abundant, filling the street/market; dime-a-dozen, no big deal

Thô∙-thô∙-thô∙

Awful, really bad

Seng-lí chòe-kīn thô∙-thô∙-thô∙.

Business has been horrible lately.

[Note: When you pronounce thô∙-thô∙-thô∙, the tones are 5-3-5.]

Thè sî-kîaⁿ / thè lîu-hêng

Be out of style