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bøo-lang'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'laang'ieen; bøo-laang'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

not likeable, repulsive

無人緣

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。

ciøx lang'viar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøx laang'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]

cast a shadow

照人影

cviuxsvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'svoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

ascend a mountain, go ashore (archaic)

上山

• Cviuxsvoaf ia cit jit, løqhae ia cit jit. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf ia cit jit, løh'hae ia cit jit. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  nice way of saying one should not be in a rush to get things done. Festina lente! (Lit. Going up the mountain is a day, going down to sea is also a day)
  上山也一天,下海也一天,慢慢來,不用急。

• Cviuxsvoaf khvoax svoasix, jibmngg khvoax lang'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf khvoax svoaf'six, jip'mngg khvoax laang'ix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Be aware of the wishes of your host. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (Lit. In climbing a mountain, look at the mountain contours, if you enter a person's home, consider his feelings.)
  見風轉舵,入鄉隨俗。

lang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lang; (long) [[...]][i#] [p.]

play with, make sport of, brandish, gesticulate, make fun of, to mock

弄

• bwlang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo'lang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  practice gymnastics or fencing, toy with
  舞弄

• hielang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hix'lang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make fun of
  戲弄

lang cvikor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lang cvii'kor [[...]][i#] [p.]

play the tambourine

舞手鼓

lang'viar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]

man's image (as in water), a man's shadow (as when moving or as cast by a lamp)

人影

lang'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang'ieen; (jiin'ieen) [[...]][i#] [p.]

relations with others, personality (as an impression upon others)

人緣

• bøo-lang'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laang'ieen; bøo-laang'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]
  forbidding, not affable, repulsive
  沒有人緣

• u-lang'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u laang'ieen; u-laang'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be affable, amiable, prepossessing
  有人緣

lang'ngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang'ngr; (laang'viar) [[...]][i#] [p.]

man's shadow, reflection in the water

人影

lang-sinniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lang syn'niuu; lang-syn'niuu; (nau tong'poong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

custom at marriages — to tease the new bride (generally takes place at night, just before the bride enters her bridal chamber with her husband for the first time) to make her laugh

鬧新娘,鬧洞房

na'poah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: naa'poah; (chirm'zhvee) [[...]][i#] [p.]

cymbals

鐃鈸

• lang na'poah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lang naa'poah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  play with cymbals
  舞鈸

• phaq na'poah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq naa'poah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  play with cymbals
  敲鈸

ngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ngr; (viar) [[...]][i#] [p.]

shadow, shade

影

• chiuxngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiu'ngr; (chiu'ar'ngr) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  shade of a tree
  樹影

• hoxsvoarngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho'svoax'ngr [[...]][i#] [p.]
  shade from an umbrella
  雨傘影

• lang'ngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang'ngr [[...]][i#] [p.]
  man's shadow or reflection in the water
  人影

u-lang'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u laang'ieen; u-laang'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

likable, popular (person)

有人緣

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