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Sui-jiân góa chin bô ài Tâi-ôan hō͘ Ji̍t-pún kài-kóan, tān-sī ta̍k piàn khòaⁿ-tio̍h chiau-hô-chháu, tio̍h ē kám-kah, kî-si̍t Ji̍t-pún-lâng tī thóng-tī Tâi-ôan ê sî-chūn, i ū jīn-chin tih keng-êng chit-ê só͘-chāi, mā chin ū jîn-chêng-bī.

I didn’t want Taiwan to be occupied by Japan, but every time I saw (this flower), I felt that actually the Japanese really worked hard, when they ruled Taiwan, to run this place, and were very humane.(http://iug.csie.dahan.edu.tw/iug/ungian/Chokphin/sanbun/Chiauho/chiauho.asp)

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Tang-tiong

During; in the midst of

Hāu-sóan-lîn tī sóan-kí tang-tiong hō· tùi-chhiú poah o· kah húi-pòng sī tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ ū ê tāi-chì.

During the election (campaign), it’s common for candidates to be smeared and libelled by rivals.

Kun-kù chèng-hú thóng-kè, Má-lâi-se-a ê Tn̂g-lâng lâng-sò∙ tāi-khài ū chiâⁿ chhit-pah bān, tang-tiong chha-put-to ū chhit-siâⁿ ê lâng cho∙-ke tī Hok-kiàn.

According to government figures, there are about seven million Chinese in the Philippines, and among them, about 70 percent are decendants of Hokkienese.

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Tàng chò … teh [verb]

Take … and [verb] as …

Note: Emphasis here is on the continuous nature of the action, as opposed to iōng … lâi [verb], which carries a more straightforward meaning of “using object A to do action B.”

I kā lí tàng chò ka-kī ê kiáⁿ teh sioh.

He treats you with as much affection as he would his own child.

Tùi tē cha̍p-káu sè-kí kàu taⁿ, thôan-kàu-su kā Lô-má-jī tàng chò bûn-jī teh sú-iōng.

From the 19th century to the present, missionaries have been using Roman letter as a written script.

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Tâng-sî

When / at what time

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Lí tâng-sî lâi, tâng-sî chiū khai-sí.

Whenever you come, we’ll get started.

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Tat-tit

Be worth [verb]-ing

Kiaⁿ-to· Gī-tēng-su bô hāu, bô ta̍t-tit sian-chìn kok-ka ê chi-chhî.

The Kyoto Accord is ineffective and not worth the support of advanced nations.

Tâi-ôan kám bô ta̍t-tit Bí-kok hông-ek ê chi-chhî?

Is Taiwan really not worth U.S. defense support?

Ta̍t-tit chù-ì ê sī, chit-chióng àu chèng-chhek ká-ná hán-tit sêng-kong.

It’s important to note that this kind of oppressive policy seem to be rarely successful.

In-ūi hêng-hoat kui-tēng tō-pán ê chhú-hoat siōng chōe sī chē chhit nî ê kaⁿ, só·-í tō-pán tiān-iáⁿ sī chi̍t ê ē ta̍t-tit ê mō-hiám.

Because the usual maximum punishment for pirating under criminal law guidelines is seven years in jail, pirating movies is worth the risk.

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Tàu-té / Tàu-tóe

1. really…? / what exactly…?

Related: Kàu-té / Kàu-tóe

Lí chit-má tàu-té teh chia̍h sím-mi̍h thâu-lō·?

What kind of work are you actually doing now?

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Lí tàu-té chai m̄-chai iáⁿ chit-hāng tāi-chì sī àn-chóaⁿ?

Do you really know what happened with this matter or not?

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Lí sim-lāi tàu-té sī teh siūⁿ chi̍t kóa sím-mi̍h leh?

What are you really thinking deep down?

2. after all

Related: kiù-kèng / pit-kèng

Lí tàu-té sī ū keng-giām ê lâng, khòaⁿ chi̍t ē tio̍h chai iáⁿ būn-tôe tī tó ūi.

You really are experienced after all; as soon as you saw it you knew where the problem was.

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Tì-sú

With the result that; leading to; has led to the situation that

Chêng chi̍t nn̄g nî, in-ūi gûn-hâng lām-sám hoat sìn-iōng-khá, kó•-lē siau-hùi-sèng ê kim iông, tì-sú chin chē ê lâng iáu bōe khó-lū hó in ka-kī hêng-chè ê lêng-le̍k chìn-chêng, tio̍h tāi-hok khòng-tiong sìn-iōng.

In the previous two years, due to banks indiscriminately handing out credit cards and encouraging consumer credit, a situation resulted in which many people greatly increased their credit before adequately considering their ability to repay.

Tû-liáu iáu bōe khai-hòng gōa-siong to̍k-li̍p siat-tì chhut-pán-phín ìn-soat kong-si í-gōa, kî-thaⁿ ìn-soat-gia̍p ê hān-chè cha-put-to í-keng ôan-chôan khai-hòng, tì-sú ìn-soat kang-chhiúⁿ chi̍t keng chi̍t keng it-ti̍t puh chhut lâi.

Aside from having not yet opened up to allow foreign firms to independently establish printing companies for published materials, almost all other restrictions on the printing industry have been lifted, with the result that printing factory after printing factory have popped up.

Múi chi̍t hāng thàn chîⁿ ê hāng-bo̍k téng-í kiám chi̍t hāng thôan-thóng kau-ōaⁿ chè-tō•, tì-sú khó-lêng ài khai-sí chìn-kháu si̍t-bu̍t khì pó•-chhiong kî-tiong ê cheng-chha.

Every item used to earn money equals a loss of one item from the barter economy system, leading to possibly needing to start importing foodstuffs to make up the difference.

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Teh [verb]

[Verb]-ing

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Teh ut saⁿ ê sî bô sè-jī, chhiú khì hō ut-táu thǹg chi̍t ē, lóng phàng-phā khí lâi.

When I was ironing my clothes, I got careless and burned my hand with the iron, and it blistered all up.

(Fang, Nan-qiang. Yaqi Jiang Taiyu: Di’er Ji. Taipei County Xindian City: Kaituo, 1997.)

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