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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。

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-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

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