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Input was: u:koex u:koafn u:køex u:koafn. Searched Maryknoll for u:koex u:koafn u:køex u:koafn, found 11,
- Enghioong lankøex byjinkoafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Efng'hioong laan'koex bie'jiin'koafn.; Efng'hioong laan'køex bie'jiin'koafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Even a great hero has difficulty getting by a beautiful woman. Many a hero has been conquered by a beautiful woman. (Samson and Delilah).
- 英雄難過美人關.
- koafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- frontier pass or gate, a bar, customs house, to shut, involve, implicate
- 關
- køeakoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'koafn; køex'koafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- go through a checkpoint, pass a critical test, weather a crisis with success, run the gauntlet with flying colors
- 過關
- koex gvofkoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex gvor'koafn; køex gvor'koafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- kind of solitaire played with dominoes
- 過五關
- lankoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laan'koafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- difficult to pass over (like a mountain pass) (as when things are burdensome and poverty makes it difficult to pass the new-year season and pay the debts), barrier, obstacle
- 難關
- thaokøex koanhe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaux'koex koafn'he; thaux'køex koafn'he [[...]][i#] [p.]
- play up to somebody with power
- 透過關係(經由特權管道介紹)
- toxkøex lankoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: to'koex laan'koafn; to'køex laan'koafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- tide over a difficulty
- 渡過難關