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hoo kar hor uy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo kar hor uy [[...]][i#] [p.]

bully the weak because of one's relation with the powerful (behave like the fox that borrowed the terror of the tiger)

狐假虎威

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

twist, to crank

絞

kar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kar; (kea) [[...]][i#] [p.]

false, not real, supposing, if, borrow, avail oneself of

假

kafciab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kar'ciab [[...]][i#] [p.]

press out juice

榨汁,絞汁

• kar køefcie-ciab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kar koea'cie'ciab; kar køea'cie-ciab [[...]][i#] [p.]
  squeeze out fruit juice
  榨果汁

kar cin nawciab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kar cin nao'ciab [[...]][i#] [p.]

rack one's brains

絞盡腦汁

kar ho aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kar ho aan [[...]][i#] [p.]

twist or writing tight

絞緊

kuxheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ku'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

old style

舊型

• Hid khoarn tiexn'oexky si kuxheng'ee, aix iong kar ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn tien'oe'ky si ku'heeng'ee, aix iong kar ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That kind of phone is old fashioned, you have to crank it.
  那種電話機是舊型的,要用搖的。

lai kar bør, bør kar lai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lai kar bør, bør kar lai; lai kar bør/buo, bør/buo kar lai [[...]][i#] [p.]

compound interest

利上加利

losy-kar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loo'sy'kar; loo'sy-kar [[...]][i#] [p.]

screw driver

螺絲起子

mxzay soef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'zay soef [[...]][i#] [p.]

shameless, have no sense of shame

不知恥

• Goar kar mxzay soef, goar e sefng khix mng y? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar kar m'zay soef, goar e sefng khix mng y?; Goar kar m'zay soef, goar øe sefng khix mng y? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Why would I be so shameless as to go ask him first?
  我怎麼不知恥會先去問他?

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