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zhengmuii tekmar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'muii teg'mar [[...]][i#] [p.]

innocent affection between a boy and a girl in their childhood

青梅竹馬

eng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng (iong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

use, spend, with (an instrument)

用

• Eng padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  benefit oneself (get a free ride) at the expense of another, be generous at another's expense, rob Peter to pay Paul
  用別人的拳頭打石獅, 損人利己, 慷人之慨.

• eng sva'afky phex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng svaf'ar'ky phex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carry some something in the fold of one's dress
  用衣服的下擺兜

• eng siøf ang'aang ee thiq ux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng siøf aang'aang ee thiq ux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make the iron red-hot and burn with it (to make a hole or mark)
  用燒紅的鐵烙

• eng tek'ar sud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng teg'ar sud [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beat or switch with a thin bamboo
  用竹子抽打

• eng tefng'ar terng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng terng'ar terng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  weigh with a small steelyard
  用戥子戥

hør-zekteg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'zeg'teg hør-zeg'teg [[...]][i#] [p.]

fortunate (resulting from a credit balance of merit accumulated over several generations or transmigrations)

積德,品德好

inhø tek'hog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'hø teg'hog [[...]][i#] [p.]

profit from a misfortune

因禍得福

iør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iør (or) [[...]][i#] [p.]

hit sideways with a stick

毆

• Eng tek'ar iør (or) kha'kud. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng teg'ar iør (or) khaf'kud. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hit someone's leg (sideways) with a bamboo stick
  用竹子毆打腿。

ke'kiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kiarm [[...]][i#] [p.]

either much or a little, more or less, as much as possible

多少,盡量

• Lie ke'kiarm tekkhag u thauciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kef'kiarm teg'khag u thaw'ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I know that you have stolen something to eat, I don't know whether it was a lot or a little.
  你多少一定有偷吃。

• Y na u eeng ee sii ke'kiarm khuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y na u eeng ee sii kef'kiarm khuxn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Whenever he is free, he sleeps as long as he can.
  他要是一有空就盡量睡。

• Lie tiøh ke'kiarm ciah taxmpøqar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie tiøh kef'kiarm ciah tam'pøh'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You must eat as much as you can (to a sick person)
  你多少得吃一點 。

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