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Haste makes waste. (Lit. If you spin thread quickly on the spinning machine you won't have a good yarn, if you marry a husband quickly you won't have a good mother-in-law.)

快紡無好紗,快嫁無好婆婆(欲速則不達,弄巧成拙)

Køløsef Sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Køf'løo'sef Sw [[...]][i#] [p.]

The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians (Protestant)

哥羅西書

kuisiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuy'siefn; (kuy sef'thiefn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

go to the Buddhist heaven, die

歸仙,歸西天

Maflaise'af [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Mar'laai'sef'af [[...]][i#] [p.]

Malaysia

馬來西亞

mafsef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mar'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

drunk, tipsy

醉醺醺

misef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mii'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

cotton yarn

棉紗

Mosef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Moo'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

Moses, Hebrew leader (Protestant)

摩西

Niwselaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Niuo'sef'laan [[...]][i#] [p.]

New Zealand

紐西蘭

osef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

corrupt, venal, corruption, graft

貪污

Pasef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Paf'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

Brazil

巴西

pveviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvee'viuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

flat countryside, a plain

平原

Taioaan ee pveviuu lorng ti sepo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'oaan ee pvee'viuu lorng ti sef'po.; Taai'oaan ee pvee/pvii'viuu lorng ti sef'po. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Taiwan's flat countryside is all on the west side.
臺灣的平原都在西部。

pehsef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

unravel, endless put out thread from the garment

走紗

Hid khoarn ee pox sviw lafng, sofie cyn iong'i pehsef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn ee pox sviw lafng, sor'ie cyn ioong'i peq'sef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
That kind of cloth is too coarse so it unravels very easily.
那種布很稀鬆,所以很容易走紗。

pengsef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peeng'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

borax from Tibet, borax power

硼砂

phafngsef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pharng'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

spin thread, yarn

紡紗

phafngsef citpox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pharng'sef cid'pox [[...]][i#] [p.]

spin and weave

紡紗織布

phafngse'ky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pharng'sef'ky [[...]][i#] [p.]

spinning jenny

紡紗機

phafngsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pharng'svoax; (pharng'sef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

spin thread

紡線,紡紗

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

swollen, bell shaped, convex, embossed, puffed out

鬆凸

sef phorngthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef phoxng'thaau; søef phoxng'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]
comb the hair in the dry look style
梳雞窩頭

phorngsef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoxng'sef; (phoxng'sef'svoax) [[...]][i#] [p.]

woolen yarn

毛線

phorngsef-svaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoxng'sef'svaf; phoxng'sef-svaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

knitted woolen garment, sweater

毛線衣

pinnngg sesy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pyn'nngg sef'sy [[...]][i#] [p.]

betel nut salesgirl

檳榔西施

say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say; (sef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

west

西

baktafng baksay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag'tafng bag'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
soiled all over, to be soiled by many things
沾這沾那

ciaqtafng ciaqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'tafng ciah'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
eat all kinds of things
吃這個吃那個

gi'tafng gisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gii'tafng gii'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
very suspicious
疑神疑鬼

khvoartafng-khvoarsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'tafng khvoax'say; khvoax'tafng-khvoax'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
look in every direction
東瞻西望

kofngtafng kofngsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'tafng korng'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
talk about many things, about everything and anything, to gossip about other's faults, often falsely
談天說地

sai'hngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say'hngf; (sef'hofng) [[...]][i#] [p.]