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aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aan [[...]][i#] [p.]

tight

緊

• Pak bøo aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pak bøo aan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tied but not tight, not tied tight
  沒綁緊

• Chiwthaau cyn aan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiuo'thaau cyn aan. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  lacking money
  手頭很緊

• Pak ho aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pak ho aan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to tie tight, tied tight
  綁緊

chiwlai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'lai [[...]][i#] [p.]

in hand

手中,手頭

• Cym'ar chiwlai bøo pvoax ee cvii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cirm'ar chiuo'lai bøo pvoax ee cvii. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have no money on hand now.
  現在手頭一個錢也沒有。

chiwthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

hold, seize, grasp property or authority, have something one's command

手頭,手中

• Zaisarn ti yn lauxpe ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaai'sarn ti yn lau'pe ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The property is under his father's control.
  財產在他父親的手中。

• Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau.; Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He holds the authority to approve or to reject.
  准或不准在他的手中。

• chiwthaau aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau aan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  short of cash
  手頭緊

chiwthaau tang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau tang [[...]][i#] [p.]

handle roughly, be extravagant in expenditure

手頭重

cvii aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii aan; (chiuo'thaau aan) [[...]][i#] [p.]

hand up for cash

銀根緊,手頭緊

khahlexngkhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq'leng'khuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

living be better off

手頭鬆

kimgiin svaputpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'giin svaf'pud'pien [[...]][i#] [p.]

Some times a person is short of money. (Lit. Money has three inconvenient times, when you haven't received it yet, when you don't have any, and when you have spent it all.)

金錢三不便,手頭緊

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