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- boaa 🗣 (u: boaa) 磨p [wt][mo] buâ
[D]
- 1. (V) to use whetstone or millstone etc to make it sharp and smooth; to sharpen; to hone
|| 用磨石等磨東西使其鋒利、光滑。
- 1: boaa'tøf (磨刀) ()
- 2. (V) to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade
|| 研磨。
- 1: Ka iøh'oaan boaa zøx iøh'hurn. (共藥丸磨做藥粉。) (把藥丸研磨成藥粉。)
- 3. (V) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down
|| 拖延、延緩。
- 1: boaa sii'kafn (磨時間) (消磨時間)
- 4. (V) to work hard; to toil; to endure; to steel oneself
|| 操勞、磨練。
- 1: Zøx guu tiøh thoaf, zøx laang tiøh boaa. (做牛著拖，做人著磨。) (當牛就得拖犁，做人就得操勞。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
- boakhvaf 🗣 (u: boaa'khvaf) 磨坩 [wt][mo] buâ-khann
[D]
- 1. (N)
|| 研磨缽。用來將食材磨成漿的陶製大碗及杵，碗中有細凹槽以增加研磨效果。
tonggi: 磨坩仔; s'tuix:
- boalien 🗣 (u: boaa'lien) 磨練 [wt][mo] buâ-liān
[D]
- 1. () to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance
|| 磨練
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
- cietboaa 🗣 (u: cied'boaa) 折磨 [wt][mo] tsiat-buâ
[D]
- 1. () to torment; to torture
|| 折磨
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
- thoaboaa 🗣 (u: thoaf'boaa) 拖磨 [wt][mo] thua-buâ
[D]
- 1. (V)
|| 辛苦操勞。
- 1: Y tvia'tvia korng kaf'ki phvae'mia, aix thoaf'boaa cit'six'laang. (伊定定講家己歹命，愛拖磨一世人。) (他常常說自己命苦，必須要辛苦勞碌一輩子。)
tonggi: 折磨; s'tuix:
- Zøx guu tiøh thoaf, zørlaang tiøh boaa./Zøex guu tiøh thoaf, zøealaang tiøh boaa. 🗣 (u: Zøx/Zøex guu tiøh thoaf, zøx/zøex'laang tiøh boaa.) 做牛著拖，做人著磨。 [wt][mo] Tsò gû tio̍h thua, tsò-lâng tio̍h buâ.
[D]
- 1. ()
|| 比喻做人本來就要勞苦，就像做牛就要拖犁、拖車一樣。
tonggi: ; s'tuix: