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bø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bø; (bø'ar, ciøh'bø) [[...]][i#] [p.]

mill, millstone

磑,石磨

• øebø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ef'bø; øef'bø [[...]][i#] [p.]
  turn a mill, as by hand
  推磨

• U cvii sae kuie ia e ebø. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii sae kuie ia e ef'bø. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have money, you can even make devils turn a mill. Money talks.
  有錢能使鬼推磨。

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

money, cash

錢

• uxcvilaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u'cvii'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wealthy man
  有錢人

• U cvii sae kuie ia e ebø. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii sae kuie ia e ef'bø. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Money talks. (Lit. If you have money, you can make a devil turn the mill for you.)
  有錢能使鬼推磨。

• cvii siekhaf, laang nng khaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii six'khaf, laang nng khaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't run after it, you can't catch it. (Lit. Money has four legs to your two.)
  錢四腳,人只有兩腳,賺錢不易。

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

hinder, obstruct, injure

礙

• Cid khoarn iøqar e gai uixtngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn iøh'ar e gai ui'tngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kind of drug injures the stomach.
  這種藥傷胃腸。

• Zhuix kab cih uxsi'ar ia e siøgai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhuix kab cih u'sii'ar ia e siøf'gai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The best friends sometimes have a falling out. (Lit. Some times the mouth and tongue hurt each other.)
  唇齒有時會相礙,至友有時也會發生摩擦。

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

also, even, still

也

• Y ia bøo ciaqciuo ia bøo ciaqhwn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ia bøo ciah'ciuo ia bøo ciah'hwn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He neither drinks nor smokes.
  他也不喝酒也不抽煙。

• Y ia u cvii ia u sealek. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ia u cvii ia u sex'lek. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He has both money and power.
  他有錢也有勢。

• ia hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ia hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That will also do. O.K.
  也好

• Lie sor korng ee ia u tøxlie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie sor korng ee ia u tø'lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Still there is reason in what you say.
  你所說的也有道理。

• ia si afnny [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ia si arn'ny [[...]][i#] [p.]
  also the same (this way)
  也是這樣

• lieen seahaxn gynnar ia zaiviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lieen sex'haxn girn'nar ia zay'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Even a little child knows it.
  連小孩也知道

lafmbea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: larm'bea [[...]][i#] [p.]

horse without spirit, raw-boned trotter horse

弱馬

• lafmbea ia u cit po thad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: larm'bea ia u cit po thad [[...]][i#] [p.]
  weak horse has a kick — Even useless man has a good point
  愚者一得

lafmlarm bea ia u cit po thad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: larm'larm bea ia u cit po thad [[...]][i#] [p.]

a very weak horse yet has some kick in it — a very weak man may occasionally be of service or do injury

愚者一得

oan'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oaan'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

meat ball, medical pill

丸子

• Oan'ar ia u hi'oaan ia u bah'oaan, afsi korng'oaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Oaan'ar ia u hii'oaan ia u baq'oaan, ar'si koxng'oaan. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There are many kinds of balls, fish balls, meat balls, and pork balls.
  丸子也有魚丸,也有肉丸,或是貢丸。

thad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thad; (theg) [[...]][i#] [p.]

to kick (with the toes or sometimes back wards with the heel, but not with the sole of the foot)

踢

• zauthad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaw'thad [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to ill-use, maltreat, to insult
  蹧蹋,凌侮

• lafmlarm bea ia u cit po thad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: larm'larm bea ia u cit po thad [[...]][i#] [p.]
  a very weak horse yet has some kick in it — a very weak man may occasionally be of service or do injury
  愚者一得

• tørthad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøx'thad [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to kick backwards with the leg or heel
  倒踢

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

have money, be wealthy, rich

有錢

• uxcvilaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u'cvii'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wealthy man
  富翁

• U cvii `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Have you any money? Is there any money?
  有錢嗎?

• U cvii zhutcvii, u lat zhutlat. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii zhud'cvii, u lat zhud'lat. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have money, give money. If you have strength, give your strength. — Give what you can.
  有錢出錢,有力出力

• Uxcvii hoaq zuie e kientaxng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U'cvii hoaq zuie e kiefn'taxng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have money, you can call water to become hard. — Money talks. Anything can be done with money.
  有錢能使鬼推磨。

• U cvii sae kuie ia e ebø. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii sae kuie ia e ef'bø. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have money, you can hire the devil to grind rice. — Money makes everything possible.
  有錢能使鬼推磨。

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