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hae bofng ciafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae bofng ciafm; hae bofng/bof ciafm; [[...]][i#] [p.]

look for needle in haystack or in the ocean

海底摸針

• Lie ia bøo zuxcie ho goar, lie boeq kiøx goar tøh'ui khix hae bofng ciafm? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ia bøo zu'cie ho goar, lie boeq kiøx goar tøq'ui khix hae bofng ciafm?; Lie ia bøo zu'cie ho goar, lie bøeq kiøx goar tøq'ui khix hae bofng/bof ciafm?; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you don't give me your address, where will I start looking for you.
  你也沒有住址給我,你要叫我去那兒海底摸針?

haylie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'lie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

nautical mile, a knot

海哩

haysiong lykoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'siong lie'koarn; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

floating hotel

海上旅館

haytøea-bongciafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'tea bofng ciafm; hae'tøea-bofng/bof'ciafm; [[...]][i#] [p.]

impossible to find (look for a needle in the sea)

海底撈針

• Lie boeq kiøx goar khix haytea bofng ciafm, si bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie boeq kiøx goar khix hae'tea bofng ciafm, si bøo?; Lie bøeq kiøx goar khix hae'tøea bofng/bof'ciafm, si`bøo?; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Would you send me to find a needle in the sea?
  你要叫我去海底撈針嗎?

lie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

place of residence, neighborhood, lane, village, alley, Chinese mile

里

• cit lylo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit lie'lo; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one ''li" distant
  一里路

• baxnlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'lie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  ten thousand "li''
  萬里

• Englie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: efng'lie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  English mile
  英里

• haylie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'lie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  nautical mile
  海里

• linlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liin'lie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  neighborhood
  鄰里

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