Nā bô

Otherwise; or else

Related: bô

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Bô ōe-seng ê mi̍h-kiāⁿ m̄-thang chia̍h, nā-bô ē chia̍h-pháiⁿ pak-tó.

You mustn’t eat unsanitary food, or else you’ll ruin your stomach.

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Ka-chài lí ū lâi, nā-bô, góa tio̍h chhám ah!

Fortunately you came, otherwise I would have been screwed!

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Tû-hui li iā khì, nā bô, goá tio̍h m̄ khì.

Unless you go, I won’t go.

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Bo̍k-chiân, tio̍h sī chi̍t tōa tīn “khá-lô·-châi” sêng-tam ka-kī chek-jīm ê sî-chūn ah.  Nā bô siā-hōe tông-chêng ê siaⁿ-sè chin kín tio̍h ē chóan-hiòng ah.

Now, it’s time that this group of “credit card slaves” takes responsibility for themselves.  If not, society’s sympathetic view could quickly reverse itself.