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three
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not; no
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five
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o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period |
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三不五時
- (Cantonese, Southern Min, Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) sometimes; from time to time; occasionally; now and then
一杯酒 兩角銀 三不五時嘛來鬥陣 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
一杯酒 两角银 三不五时嘛来斗阵 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- From: 1997, 世界第一等, Andy Lau
- chi̍t poe chiú, nn̄g kak gîn, sam-put-gō͘-sî mā lâi tàu-tīn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- With a bottle of wine costing twenty cents, lets get together every now and then
她說：「剃頭不好看；我要做菜姑。三不五時還可以去看歌仔戲、歌劇。」 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
她说：「剃头不好看；我要做菜姑。三不五时还可以去看歌仔戏、歌剧。」 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]- From: 2005 December 20, 釋悟因, 戰後佛教在台灣——佛教面對現代挑戰的回應, in 香光莊嚴雜誌, issue 84, page 19
- Tā shuō: “Tìtóu bù hǎokàn; wǒ yào zuò càigū. Sānbùwǔshí hái kěyǐ qù kàn gēzǐxì, gējù.”
- She said, "Shaving the head bald doesn't look good; I want to be a vegetarian Buddhist. From time to time I can even go see operas."
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