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🗣 barn 🗣 (u: barn) 挽 [wt][mo] bán [#]

1. (V) to pick; to pluck (fruit or flower); to pull or draw out nail or tooth || 採、拔、摘取。

🗣le: barn kafm'ar 🗣 (挽柑仔) (採橘子)

🗣le: barn zhuix'khie 🗣 (挽喙齒) (拔牙齒)

🗣le: barn'bin 🗣 (挽面) (修臉)

2. (V) to promote; to spur; to drive (the development of); to fuel (growth); to give an incentive to || 推動、拉動。

🗣le: Iøh'ar barn e kviaa siong iaux'kirn. 🗣 (藥仔挽會行上要緊。) (藥效推得動最要緊。)

3. (V) to retrieve; to redeem || 挽回。

🗣le: Y beq ka yn bor ee sym barn tøx'tngr`laai. 🗣 (伊欲共𪜶某的心挽倒轉來。) (他要挽回他妻子的心。)

4. (V) to turn around and leave due to unrestrained anger || 因為任性使氣而轉身掉頭離開。

🗣le: Y barn`leq tø kviaa`aq. 🗣 (伊挽咧就行矣。) (他轉身掉頭就走了。)

5. (V) to conserve; to be moderate in; to control; to limit || 留取、節制。

🗣le: Cvii aix barn leq eng, m'thafng khay'liao'liao. 🗣 (錢愛挽咧用，毋通開了了。) (錢要節制著用，不要花光光。)

6. (V) to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc || 硬撐。

🗣le: Na phoax'pve aix kirn khix ho y'sefng khvoax, m'thafng gve barn. 🗣 (若破病愛緊去予醫生看，毋通硬挽。) (要是生病了要趕快去看醫生，不要硬撐。)
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