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hongtefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'tefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

seal a casket with nails

封釘(在棺木上釘四個釘子)

• Id hongtefng kviafsun'ar pux ban kym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Id hofng'tefng kviar'swn'ar pux ban kym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  As soon as the casket is sealed the descendants will be prosperous.
  一封釘,子孫富萬金。

kasw tie baxnkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'sw tie ban'kym [[...]][i#] [p.]

letter from home is worth ten thousand pieces of gold

家書抵萬金

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

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