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gi'tafng gisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gii'tafng gii'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

harbor suspicions

疑神疑鬼

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

find fault with, to blame, object to, dislike

嫌棄

• Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sofzai, ciaq køq laai chitthøo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sor'zai, ciaq køq laai chid'thøo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have no objections to a poor place, come back for a visit.
  你要是不嫌棄地方不好,請再來玩。

• Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  She does not want to marry me, because she has an objection to my poverty.
  她嫌我窮,不要嫁我。

• hiaam kuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam kuix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  object to the high price of something
  嫌貴

• hiaam tafng hiaam say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam tafng hiaam say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be discontented with everything
  吹毛求疵

• bexhiao sayzuun hiaam khef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn.; bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A poor skipper blames the winding river.
  不會開船,嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

ni'tafng-nisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ny'tafng ny'say; ny'tafng-ny'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

take up small quantities of things in the fingers, to pick at this and that

拿這拿那

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

west

西

• baktafng baksay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag'tafng bag'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  soiled all over, to be soiled by many things
  沾這沾那

• ciaqtafng ciaqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'tafng ciah'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eat all kinds of things
  吃這個吃那個

• gi'tafng gisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gii'tafng gii'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very suspicious
  疑神疑鬼

• khvoartafng-khvoarsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'tafng khvoax'say; khvoax'tafng-khvoax'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  look in every direction
  東瞻西望

• kofngtafng kofngsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'tafng korng'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  talk about many things, about everything and anything, to gossip about other's faults, often falsely
  談天說地

sviaf-tafng keg-say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sviaf'tafng keg'say; sviaf-tafng keg-say [[...]][i#] [p.]

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

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