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- piefn/pafn/pvef 🗣 (u: piefn pafn pvef) 扳t [wt][mo] pian
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- 1. (V) to grasp firmly
|| 牢牢抓住東西。
- 1: Piefn ho tiaau, m'thafng paxng. (扳予牢，毋通放。) (牢牢抓住，不要放。)
- 2. (V) to pull forcefully in some direction to straighten out or reverse
|| 用力向某一方向拉，使固定的東西扭轉或倒下。
- 1: Ka hid ky thiq'ky'ar piefn ho oafn. (共彼枝鐵枝仔扳予彎。) (把那枝鐵條弄彎。)
- 2: Cit ee thix'thaau, cit ee piefn'hvi. (一个剃頭，一个扳耳。) (一個剃頭，一個幫忙拉下耳朵。比喻浪費人力。)
- 3. (V) to turn around (an undesirable situation)
|| 扭轉、挽回衰敗的情勢。
- 1: Tai'cix piefn be tngr`laai`aq. (代誌扳袂轉來矣。) (事情已無法挽回了。)
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