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Searched Maryknoll for m: sae m:sae OR u: sae u:sae, found 65,
- armpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'po [[...]][i#] [p.]
- conspiracy, a plot
- 陰謀,暗計
- bagbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'boea; bak'bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]
- the outer corner of the eye
- 眼尾,眼梢
- bø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bø; (bø'ar, ciøh'bø) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- mill, millstone
- 磑,石磨
- bøo guu sae bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo guu sae bea [[...]][i#] [p.]
- use the means at hand, make an adjustment (Lit. If there is no ox, then use a horse.)
- 無牛用馬耕,事出無奈
- Chvikoong-kao ciah-bøo sae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhvef'koong'kao ciah bøo sae.; Chvy'koong-kao ciah-bøo sae. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- things done in a hurry cannot be done well, fail in goal by being hasty (Lit. If a dog eats too fast there is nothing to turn to excrement.)
- 欲速則不達。
- zhutsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'su [[...]][i#] [p.]
- have an accident
- 出事
- cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]
- money, cash
- 錢
- guu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu; (giuu) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- ox, cow, bull
- 牛
- hiongkoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'koong [[...]][i#] [p.]
- acting violently, imperiously, boisterously or too urgently
- 倉皇,莽撞
- Høfhør hau, thaai kaq sae laau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hør'hør hau, thaai kaq sae laau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- A good project mismanaged to the point of it being totally ruined (Lit. A good turtle is butchered till it's all cut to pieces.)
- 成事不足,敗事有餘
- høflafmsaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'larm'saf [[...]][i#] [p.]
- eat anything whatever it is
- 好壞都吃
- khortoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khox'toax [[...]][i#] [p.]
- belt or string to fasten trousers round the waist
- 褲帶
- kixm-bøextiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kixm be tiaau; kixm-bøe'tiaau [[...]][i#] [p.]
- cannot bear it, cannot help, involuntary
- 禁不住,忍不住
- kirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kirn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- fast, urgent, important, tight, to press
- 緊,快,急
- puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puu [[...]][i#] [p.]
- measure for urine, feces, dung, excrement
- 脬
- sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae; (suo) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- run (vehicles, vessels), fly (a plane), sail (a boat)
- 駕,駛,開
- sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae [[...]][i#] [p.]
- feces, dung, excrement
- 屎,糞
- sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae [[...]][i#] [p.]
- use, employ, to make, to act
- 使
- sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae [[...]][i#] [p.]
- need not
- 不用
- sae armpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae axm'po; (sae axm'cvix) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- injure a man through secret plots (archaic)
- 使詭計
- sae-bagbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae'bak'boea; sae-bak'bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]
- cast an angry or amorous glance (archaic)
- 送秋波,瞋視
- Sae kirn, khortoax phaq-sykad. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sae kirn khox'toax phaq sie'kad.; Sae kirn, khox'toax phaq-sie'kad. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Something always happens when you are in a hurry, haste makes waste (Lit. rushed to the toilet, but the drawstring fastening the pants was knotted)
- 欲速則不達。
- Sae lirn-lauxbør. Sae lirn-niaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sae lirn'lau'bør. Sae lirn'niaa.; Sae lirn-lau'bør/buo. Sae lirn-niaa.; (Sae lirn'lau'buo. Sae lirn'niaa.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- this expression denotes disagreement (is not spoken nor taken literally)
- 肏你媽!(粗話)
- sae-serngtøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae sexng'te; sae-sexng'tøe [[...]][i#] [p.]
- get very angry, act in an angry way
- 使性子
- siøtheavoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'thex'voa; (luun'liuu) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- take turns, in alternate shifts
- 輪流
- thothvoax-sae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoo'thvoax'sae; thoo'thvoax-sae [[...]][i#] [p.]
- coal cinders, dross
- 煤炭渣
- u cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]
- have money, be wealthy, rich
- 有錢