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a'peq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'peq [[...]][i#] [p.]

uncle (father's elder brothers)

伯父,伯伯

za'bofgynnar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'girn'nar [[...]][i#] [p.]

girl

女孩子

• za'bofgynnar zabpeq piexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'girn'nar zap'peq piexn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A girl's appearance is constantly changing over the years. (Lit. A girl changes eighteen times.)
  女大十八變

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

number seven, seventh

七

• Chitze, pehpee, kawhoatgee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'ze, peq'pee, kao'hoad'gee; Chid'ze, pøeq'pee, kao'hoad'gee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A child at seven months can sit, at eight months can crawl, at nine months cuts his teeth.
  七坐,八爬,九長牙

chitcied-pøehkhaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'cied peq'khaux; chid'cied pøeq'khaux [[...]][i#] [p.]

big discounts in bargain sales, make allowance for inaccuracy, exaggeration in a statement or report

七折八扣

chitzøx peq mxtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'zøx peq m'tiøh; chid'zøx/zøex pøeq m'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]

make a mess of things (Lit. Do seven things, eight are wrong.)

七做八錯,屢做屢錯

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

pant, gasp for breath, asthma

喘

• Goar na peq lauthuy e cyn zhoarn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar na peq laau'thuy e cyn zhoarn.; Goar na peq laau'thuy øe cyn zhoarn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When I climb upstairs, I pant a lot.
  我上樓梯時會喘得很。

• phveaphveazhoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvex'phvex'zhoarn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pant hard like when running or carrying a heavy load
  急喘,呼呼的喘

cidphviear [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'phvix'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

small piece

一小片

• Pviar peq cidphviear ho y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pviar peq cit'phvix'ar ho y. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Give him a small piece of cake.
  擘一小片給他。

honghaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'haan [[...]][i#] [p.]

provide against cold with clothes or repairs

防寒

• Aix u honghaan sietpi, ciaq thafng khix pehsvoaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Aix u hoong'haan sied'pi, ciaq thafng khix peq'svoaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you are going to climb a mountain you have to prepare for the cold.
  要有防寒設備才可去爬山。

khaotii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'tii [[...]][i#] [p.]

subtract, deduct

扣除

• Khaotii soeakym u nngxban khof ee siujip. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khaux'tii soex'kym u nng'ban khof ee siw'jip.; Khaux'tii søex'kym u nng'ban khof ee siw'jip. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  an income of twenty thousand dollars after tax deduction
  扣除稅款有兩萬元的收入。

• chitkhaux-pøehtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'khaux-peq'tii; chid'khaux-pøeq'tii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  run up a heavy list of deductions and countercharges, making out that there is very little, if anything, to be paid
  七扣八除

lau-apeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau'af'peq; lau-af'peq [[...]][i#] [p.]

respectful address for an old man (a complete stranger)

老伯

lie toa zabpeq piexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lie toa zap'peq piexn; lie toa zap'pøeq piexn [[...]][i#] [p.]

As a girl grows, her appearance changes all the time. A girl changes fast in physical appearance from childhood to adulthood

女大十八變

niuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niuo; (liorng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

one-sixteenth of a "kin", Chinese ounce, tael

兩

• khyn-niwsviuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khyn'niuo'sviuo; khyn-niuo'sviuo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very light for its size
  很輕

• pvoarkyn pøehniuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax'kyn peq'niuo; pvoax'kyn pøeq'niuo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eight ounces and half a catty — both of them are the same
  半斤八兩

Øh phvae zuie pangkhiaq, øh hør kw pehpiaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Øh phvae zuie pafng'khiaq, øh hør kw peq'piaq. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Learning evil is like water breaking through a dam. Learning good is like a turtle climbing a wall.

學壞如水崩,學好如龜爬山(學壞容易,學好很難)。

peq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq; (peg) [[...]][i#] [p.]

father's elder brothers, uncle

伯

• a'peq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'peq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  father's elder brother(s), uncle
  伯父

• zekpeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  paternal uncles in general
  堂親

• zekpeq cy'moe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq cie'moe [[...]][i#] [p.]
  first cousin (daughter of paternal uncle)
  堂姊妹

• zekpeq hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq hviaf'ti [[...]][i#] [p.]
  first cousins (sons of paternal uncle)
  堂兄弟

• toaxpeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'peq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  father's eldest brother, husband's eldest brother
  大伯父,大伯

pøehji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'ji; pøeq'ji; (poeq'ji) [[...]][i#] [p.]

eight words of a man's horoscope: year, month, day, and hour of birth, each one of them determines a man's fate through life

八字

• hør pehji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør peq'ji; (peq'ji hør) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one's fate is good
  八字好

• phvae pehji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae peq'ji; (peq'ji phvae) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one's fate is bad
  八字壞

pehphøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'phoee; peq'phøee [[...]][i#] [p.]

skin, to rind (strip off) the bark of a tree, to bark (a tree), peel (an orange), peel off with the hand without a knife

剝皮

phvexphvexzhoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phve'phve'zhoarn [[...]][i#] [p.]

breathe very hard, pant

很喘

• Lauthuy siøfkhoar peq lef tø phvexphvexzhoarn af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laau'thuy siør'khoar peq lef tø phve'phve'zhoarn af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When I climb stairs for only a short distance
  樓梯稍微爬一下就很喘了。

pvoax kyn pøeq niuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax kyn peq niuo; pvoax kyn pøeq niuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

eight ounces and half a catty — six of one and half a dozen of the other, half and half, equal, no difference

半斤八兩

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