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alyputtat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'lie'pud'tat [[...]][i#] [p.]

useless, not to the point

不三不四

• alyputtat ee peng'iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'lie'pud'tat ee peeng'iuo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  useless acquaintance
  不三不四的朋友

• kofng kaq alyputtat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng kaq af'lie'pud'tat [[...]][i#] [p.]
  say nothing to the point or purpose
  說得不三不四

arpax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ax'pax [[...]][i#] [p.]

selfish, covetous, tyrannical, usurp

霸道,專橫

• Y cyn arpax, lorng bøo sviu padlaang ee libtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn ax'pax, lorng bøo sviu pat'laang ee lip'tviuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He thinks of no one but himself.
  他很霸道,都不想別人的立場。

• Y bad arpax laang ee zhanhngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bad ax'pax laang ee zhaan'hngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He encroached on other people's land.
  他曾霸佔人的田園。

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

madam of a brothel

老娼

• A'thaau ciuxsi za'bofkefng ee lawpafnniuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Af'thaau ciu'si zaf'bor'kefng ee lao'parn'niuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  An a-thau is the wife of the brothel owner or she herself is the owner.
  老娼就是妓女院的老闆娘。

varlaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: vax'laam (vax'tafng, vax'say, vax'pag) [[...]][i#] [p.]

structure facing south (east, west, north)

朝南(東,西,北)

• Varlaam ee zhux khaq chiuchixn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Vax'laam ee zhux khaq chiw'chixn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A building facing south is cooler.
  朝南的房子較涼快。

varløqkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: vax'løh'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

turn one's face downward, stoop down

俯下去,彎腰

• Kiernsiaux kaq varløqkhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kiexn'siaux kaq vax'løh'khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hide one's head in embarrassment
  羞得彎下去。

• Varløqkhix pak etoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Vax'løh'khix pak ee'toax. Vax'løh'khix pak øee'toax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bend down to tie one's shoe
  彎下去繫鞋帶。

aezeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'zeeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

love, affection

愛情

• Pexbør ee aezeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør ee aix'zeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A parent's love is higher than a mountain and deeper than the sea.
  父母的愛情比山還高,比海還深。

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