Fight to death; a zero-sum situation

Lí sí goá oa̍h

Literally: You die I live

180-degree change, a 180

Chi̍t8-pah peh-cha̍p8-tō͘· ê kái-piàn

Don’t get so worked up about it

Mài siūⁿ hiah chē lah.

Literally: “Don’t think so much (about it).”

Acne

Thiāu-á-chí

—————

I kui bīn thiāu-á-chí

His face is covered with acne.

Bald

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.”

Manipulate RMB exchange rate

Jîn-ûi chhau-khòng RMB hōe-lu̍t8

Happy Thanksgiving

Kám-un-chiat khòai-lo̍k8!

Put an end to, eliminate

Tō∙-choa̍t8

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Tio̍h8-aì tō∙-choa̍t8 chit-kóa hiān-siōng.

We need to eliminate these phemomena.  

Nonplussed, at a loss as to what to do

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.]

Happy Fourth of July