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he'kw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hef'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]

asthma

嗄龜,氣喘病

ky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ky; (kw) [[...]][i#] [p.]

dwell, reside

居,住

• kab y kw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kab y kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  live together with him under inconvenience (as in a narrow room etc.)
  跟他住

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

tortoise, turtle

龜

• kimkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  gold beetle
  金龜

• kimkuafchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'kw'ar'chiaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beetle-shaped Volkswagen
  金龜車

• mixkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mi'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  turtle-shaped cakes made of flour
  麵龜

• siuxkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  turtle-shaped cakes made on birthdays
  壽龜

• kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau phoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau phoee; kw chiøx piq bøo bøea, piq chiøx kw kau phøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  deride or denounce another's fault which the denouncer himself also has, though in a smaller degree, the kettle calls the pot black — much the same, fifty and fifty
  龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜皮厚,五十步笑百步

kw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw; (kor) [[...]][i#] [p.]

strange, (kor means ancient)

古

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

hunchback, humpback

駝背

• khiaukw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaw'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hunchback, humpback
  駝背

• wnkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: urn'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hunchback, humpback
  駝背

kw'nii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuo'nii [[...]][i#] [p.]

throughout year, year in year out

常年,久年

• kw'ni'pve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuo'nii'pve; kuo'nii'pve/pvi [[...]][i#] [p.]
  prolonged illness
  久病,慢性病

liah kw zao piq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liah kw zao piq [[...]][i#] [p.]

let a turtle escape to catch a tortoise — neglect one thing to do something else, and spoil both, Who wants everything, loses all, can not get two things at one time

掠龜走鱉,顧此失彼

Øh phvae zuie pangkhiaq, øh hør kw pehpiaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Øh phvae zuie pafng'khiaq, øh hør kw peq'piaq. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Learning evil is like water breaking through a dam. Learning good is like a turtle climbing a wall.

學壞如水崩,學好如龜爬山(學壞容易,學好很難)。

piq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piq; (pied) [[...]][i#] [p.]

turtle, fresh water turtle

鱉

• kukw pihpiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw'kw piq'piq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tricky, sly, slick, crafty, not straight forward, not forthright
  狡猾的,不乾脆

• kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kauxphoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw chiøx piq bøo boea, piq chiøx kw kau'phoee; kw chiøx piq bøo bøea, piq chiøx kw kau'phøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  deride, denounce another's fault which the denouncer himself also has, though in a smaller degree — the kettle calls the pot black
  龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜皮厚,五十步笑百步。

siekex kw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'kex kw [[...]][i#] [p.]

go about as a vagrant with no settled dwelling

漂泊不定,居無定所

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