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zhawmeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhao'meq [[...]][i#] [p.]

locusts, grasshoppers

蝗蟲,蚱蜢

• zhawmeq lang ke'kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhao'meq lang kef'kafng; zhao'meq lang køef'kafng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  looking for trouble, a weakling fooling around with a tough guy (Lit. a grasshopper bothering a rooster)
  蚱蜢弄雞公,自尋死路。

hai'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hai'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

bad guy

敗類,小流氓

guxjiin putsiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gu'jiin pud'siog [[...]][i#] [p.]

married the wrong guy, married a bad husband

遇人不淑

hexng'uxnjii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: heng'un'jii [[...]][i#] [p.]

person who always gets good breaks, lucky guy

幸運兒

høfhaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'haxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

brave man, hero, tough guy

好漢

høfhør siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'hør siefn'svy [[...]][i#] [p.]

good natured man, "soft" guy who never quarrels with the world

好好先生

hoankixka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoafn'ki'ka [[...]][i#] [p.]

so confused that it cannot be understood, someone being unreasonable

理不清,刁蠻,不通情理

• Kab hid khoarn hoankixka ee laang korng, nar korng e zhunchviaf? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kab hid khoarn hoafn'ki'ka ee laang korng, nar korng e zhwn'chviaf? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you talk to that kind of unreasonable person how can you make any sense.
  跟那種不通情理的人說,怎麼說得通?

• Hid ee laang hoankixka. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang hoafn'ki'ka. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That guy is very unreasonable.
  那個人刁蠻不講理。

kausexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaau'sexng [[...]][i#] [p.]

impatient, short-tempered

急性

• Hid ee laang hiahnih kausexng, nar eeng e tiaau? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang hiaq'nih kaau'sexng, nar eeng e tiaau? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That guy is so much like a monkey, how can he relax?
  那個人那麼急性,怎麼閒得下來?

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

dollar, the measure for bars, wooden logs. When "chit kho" is used in place of "chit ki" it gives the impression of "big"

塊(錢), 根

• cidkhof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'khof; (cit'khof'giin) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Lit. one piece of silver — one dollar
  一塊錢

• Hid khof ka goar phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khof ka goar phaq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That guy hit me.
  那傢伙打我。

• khoid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khof'id; khof'id; (khof'ji, khof'svaf) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one dollar and ten cents (twenty cents, thirty cents)
  一塊一(一塊二,一塊三)

• kuie khof? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuie khof? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  How many dollars?
  幾塊錢?

• khof kuie? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khof kuie? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  One dollar and how many cents?
  一塊幾?

• zha'khof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'khof [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bog of firewood
  木頭

thihlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

iron man, tough guy, a jack for raising weights

鐵人

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