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🗣 Ciah laang cidkyn, iaxtiøh heeng laang 4-niuo./Ciah laang cit kyn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo./Ciah laang cit kwn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo. 🗣 (u: Ciah laang cit kyn/kwn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo.) 食人一斤，也著還人四兩。 [wt][mo] Tsia̍h lâng tsi̍t kin, iā tio̍h hîng lâng sì niú. [#]
1. () || 吃了他人一斤的糧食，最少得還人家四兩。指受人恩惠，縱然自己很困苦，多少總要擠一點出來報答別人。比喻知恩圖報。
🗣le: Laang korng, “Ciah laang cit kyn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo.” Tøf'sia lie terng'koex hiaq'ni jiet'sym taux'svaf'kang, zef tam'pøh'ar ix'sux chviar lie siw`khie'laai. 🗣 (人講：「食人一斤，也著還人四兩。」多謝你頂過遐爾熱心鬥相共，這淡薄仔意思請你收起來。) (人家說：「受人之恩，要盡力回報。」謝謝你上次那麼熱心幫忙，這一點小小心意請笑納。)
2. () || 進一步引申，告誡世人不要隨便收受他人饋贈，拿人家的都要奉還，天下沒有白吃的午餐。
🗣le: Siok'gie korng, “Ciah laang cit kyn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo.” Tvia'tvia siw laang ee mih'kvia, lie au'pae beq theh sviar'miq heeng`laang? 🗣 (俗語講：「食人一斤，也著還人四兩。」定定收人的物件，你後擺欲提啥物還人？) (俗話說：「天下沒有白吃的午餐。」你經常收受人家的饋贈，以後要拿什麼回報？)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 kyn/kwn 🗣 (u: kyn/kwn) 斤 [wt][mo] kin/kun [#]
1. (Mw) unit of weight. Taiwanese catty cidkyn equals 0.6 kongkyn (kg) equals 16 niuo || 計算重量的單位。台制一斤等於零點六公斤，又等於十六兩。
🗣le: Thaau'kef, sy'koef cit kyn si goa'ze cvii? 🗣 (頭家，西瓜一斤是偌濟錢？) (老闆，西瓜一斤多少錢？)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 niuo 🗣 (u: niuo) 扭b [wt][mo] niú [#]

tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 niuo 🗣 (u: niuo) 兩p [wt][mo] niú [#]
1. (Mw) (weight) Taiwanese tael, equal to 1/16 catty (Taikyn) or 37.5 gram. (metric mass) kongkyn = 10 kongniuo || 計算重量的單位。一公斤十公兩，一台斤十六兩。
🗣le: pvoax'kyn'peq'niuo 🗣 (半斤八兩) (八兩等於半斤，意指不相上下)
🗣le: go niuo kym'ar 🗣 (五兩金仔) (五兩金子)
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🗣 niwkhiog 🗣 (u: niuo'khiog) 扭曲 [wt][mo] niú-khiok [#]
1. () (CE) to twist; to warp; to distort || 扭曲
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