Lí sí goá oa̍h
Literally: You die I live
Lí sí goá oa̍h
Literally: You die I live
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Mài siūⁿ hiah chē lah.
Literally: “Don’t think so much (about it).”
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Thiāu-á-chí
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I kui bīn thiāu-á-chí
His face is covered with acne.
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Lots of ways to say this. Lìu-hia̍h8 is common, as is the Mandarin-influenced kng-thâu ê. My favorite, however, is tīan-hóe-kîu ê, which means “(like a) lightbulb.”
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Tō∙-choa̍t8
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Tio̍h8-aì tō∙-choa̍t8 chit-kóa hiān-siōng.
We need to eliminate these phemomena.
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Bong phīⁿ-á
{Literally: to rub one’s nose}
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Góa phīⁿ-á bong-bong leh, tiām-tiām chiū cháu ah.
All I could do was just silently walk off.
[Literally: I rubbed my nose and ran off without a word.]
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