See bo bian on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2006, Stuart Lloyd, Gone Troppo: Hot Babes, Warm Weather, Cold Beer. Paradise!, Monsoon Books, page 13:",
"text": "In Singapore, there is no choice being one of the world’s twenty smallest countries. Boh pien ah.",
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"ref": "2011 August 21, Kirsten, “It's Singlish Lah!”, in SEA Youth Say So, retrieved 2015-10-22:",
"text": "Eh, if cannot finish the work then bo bian must stay back",
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"ref": "2013, Lena Chen, EFT Meditations, Trafford Publishing, page 8:",
"text": "I have been sleep deprived for the past few days, and a friend who knows about it just sent me an online message: “Notti (lingo-speak for naughty) ah…still don’t sleep.” My reply, “Bobian (Singaporean-English term for no choice), I’m a workaholic…”",
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"word": "bo pian"
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"word": "boh bian"
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"word": "boh pian"
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{
"word": "boh bian"
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{
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},
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"word": "bo bian"
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