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Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør ta'kef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør taf'kef. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Haste makes waste. (Lit. If you spin thread quickly on the spinning machine you won't have a good yarn, if you marry a husband quickly you won't have a good mother-in-law.)

快紡無好紗,快嫁無好婆婆(欲速則不達,弄巧成拙)

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

swollen, bell shaped, convex, embossed, puffed out

鬆凸

• sef phorngthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef phoxng'thaau; søef phoxng'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]
  comb the hair in the dry look style
  梳雞窩頭

sef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef; (say) [[...]][i#] [p.]

west, western, European, foreign

西

• thaesef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaix'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  western countries (archaic)
  泰西

sef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef; (saf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

silk gauze, thin crape, cotton yarn

紗

• misef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mii'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cotton yarn
  綿紗

• phafngsef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pharng'sef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  spin thread or yarn
  紡紗

sef-pvoarkiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef'pvoax'kiuu; sef-pvoax'kiuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

Western Hemisphere

西半球

sefng-tofng keg-sef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'tofng keg'sef; sefng-tofng keg-sef [[...]][i#] [p.]

Lit. make noise in the east while striking in the west — feigning tactics

聲東擊西

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