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jiaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux; (liaux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

scratch

抓,癢

• Cviu ee sofzai m jiaux, be cviu ee sofzai jiaux kaq lau'huiq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu ee sor'zai m jiaux, be cviu ee sor'zai jiaux kaq laau'huiq.; Cviu ee sor'zai m jiaux, bøe cviu ee sor'zai jiaux kaq laau'huiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Not to do what has to be done, but to work hard on unnecessary matters. (Lit. Not to scratch the itchy place, but to scratch a place that is not itchy until it bleeds.)
  癢的不抓,不癢的抓得流血,該做的不做,不該做的反而做了。

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

grasp, seize

抓,把

• cit lak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit lak [[...]][i#] [p.]
  grip, a grasp, a handful (of sugar)
  一把

mef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mef; mef/my; (my) [[...]][i#] [p.]

handful of (rice, sugar, salt, sand), take up a handful of

把,抓

• Thauliah køef, ia tiøh cidmef bie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaw'liah kef, ia tiøh cit mef bie.; Thaw'liah køef, ia tiøh cit'mef/my bie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Even if you want to steal a chicken, you have to spend a handful of rice. You cannot accomplish anything without effort.
  偷雞也得一把米。

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

rake, to drag, to scrape, to scratch

耙,刮,抓

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

snatch, to grab, seize, to grasp, to catch, to scrape or sweep up with the hand

抓

• laxmsarm saf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lam'sarm saf; (of'peh saf) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  snatch or grasp things indiscriminately (as a thief in the dark or as a drowning man)
  隨便抓

• saf bøo niauaf'mngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saf bøo niaw'ar'mngg; (saf bøo liaau'ar'mngg) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cannot find a clue, no way of finding out, can not understand or guess what it is all about
  不得其門而入,莫明其妙

• saf bøtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saf bøo'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
  failed to catch (a fly ball or a bird), failed to arrest (a suspect)
  沒抓到

• saliawliao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saf'liao'liao [[...]][i#] [p.]
  snatched all of them
  抓光了

• saf mxtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saf m'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
  grab the wrong thing or person
  抓錯

• saf oaflaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saf oar'laai [[...]][i#] [p.]
  sweep things together with the hand
  抓在一起

• siekeasaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'kex'saf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  borrow or get something from many sources
  到處借,到處拿

• tuix chiuo ka y saf lef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix chiuo ka y saf lef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  grasp him by the hand
  抓住他的手

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