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jiaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux (liaux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

scratch

抓,癢

• Cviu ee sofzai m jiaux, be cviu ee sofzai jiaux kaq lau'huiq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu ee sor'zai m jiaux, be cviu ee sor'zai jiaux kaq laau'huiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Not to do what has to be done, but to work hard on unnecessary matters. (Lit. Not to scratch the itchy place, but to scratch a place that is not itchy until it bleeds.)
  癢的不抓,不癢的抓得流血,該做的不做,不該做的反而做了。

jiaocvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux'cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]

do everything to (even at the risk of life) to make money

拼命賺錢

jiaocviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux'cviu [[...]][i#] [p.]

scratch an itchy spot

抓癢

jiaope'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux'pee'ar (jiaux'gee) [[...]][i#] [p.]

cat's paw, running dog, dupe, to work for the interest of an opposing group at the expense of one's own

爪牙,吃裡扒外

jiaophoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux'phoax [[...]][i#] [p.]

injure the skin by scratching, damage tissue by scratching

抓破

jiaux thaukhag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux thaau'khag [[...]][i#] [p.]

scratch the head (in perplexity)

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