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zokkiern zuxpak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zog'kiern zu'pak [[...]][i#] [p.]

silkworm to be imprisoned by its cocoon, to tie one's own hands, to get into trouble by one's own schemes

作繭自縛

• Lie øh ciah mo'huy, bengbeeng si teq zokkiern zuxpak. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie øh ciah moo'huy, beeng'beeng si teq zog'kiern zu'pak. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You will get yourself into trouble by learning to take morphine.
  你學吃嗎啡,明明是在作繭自縛。

khao si sym huy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khao si sym huy [[...]][i#] [p.]

say one thing and mean another — hypocrisy, meaning contrary to what is spoken

口是心非

phienmiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phiefn'miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

nickname

偏名,綽號

• Y ee cviarmiaa si A'huy, phienmiaa si Toaxthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee cviax'miaa si Af'huy, phiefn'miaa si Toa'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Her real name is "A-hui" but her nickname is "Big Head"
  他的正名是阿飛,偏名是大頭。

su si jii huy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: su si jii huy [[...]][i#] [p.]

seemingly correct but really incorrect, like the reality, but not so

似是而非

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