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zherngkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhexng'kw [[...]][i#] [p.]

seek or be in the limelight, presumptuous, smug, tacky, vain, focus on one's appearance, meddlesome, officious

出風頭,愛臭美

• Sviw zherngkw, u cit jit lie e khix limtiøh kvy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sviw zhexng'kw, u cit jit lie e khix lym'tiøh kvy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You are too meddlesome, one day someone will teach you a thing or two (Lit. you will drink lye).
  好管閒事,有一天你會得到教訓。

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

type of alkali or lye, potash, soda ash, alkaline

鹼

• ciaqtiøqkvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'tiøh'kvy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  suffer a loss
  吃虧

kvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvy; (kvef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

one fifth part of the night, a watch of the night (longer in winter than in summer)

更

• itkvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'kvy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  first watch, about dark
  一更

• jixkvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'kvy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  second watch, about 9 o'clock
  二更

• svakvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf'kvy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  third watch, midnight
  三更

• goxkvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: go'kvy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fifth watch, about dawn
  五更

• korkvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kox'kvy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  keep watch at night
  守夜

kvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvy; (kvef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

weave, to darn

織,織補

• Hid khafng eng svoax ka goar kvy ciu hør, mxbiern por. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khafng eng svoax ka goar kvy ciu hør, m'biern por. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Just darn the (little) hole with thread, you don't have to put a patch on it.
  那洞用線織就好,不用補。

kvy-chym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvy'chym; kvy-chym; (kvef'chym) [[...]][i#] [p.]

late at night

深更

kvy poaqtør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvy poah'tør; (kvef poah'tør) [[...]][i#] [p.]

get the feet tangled up in bramble, rope, threshold and fall down

絆倒

titw-sy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'tw'sy; ty'tw-sy [[...]][i#] [p.]

spider's thread, gossamer

蜘蛛絲

• kvy ti'tw-sy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvef ty'tw'sy; kvy ty'tw-sy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  clear away the spider webs (with a stick)
  清除蜘蛛絲

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