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bøo simcviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo sym'cviaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

be reluctant to do, absent minded

沒有心情

• Y cit ee kviar sie khix, sofie bøo simcviaa thafng zøx taixcix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cit ee kviar sie khix, sor'ie bøo sym'cviaa thafng zøx tai'cix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A child of his died so he doesn't have the heart to work.
  他一個孩子死了,所以沒有心情做事。

• Khvoax tiexnviar khvoax kaq bøo simcviaa thafng thagzheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khvoax tien'viar khvoax kaq bøo sym'cviaa thafng thak'zheq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  watch movies until there is no heart to study
  看電影看得無心情讀書。

zhe'eng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhef'eng [[...]][i#] [p.]

to appoint or hire a person to a duty, to send a person on an errand or to do some work

差使

• Goar boeq chviax cit ee gynnar thafng zhe'eng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar boeq chviax cit ee girn'nar thafng zhef'eng.; Goar bøeq chviax cit ee girn'ar thafng zhef'eng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am going to hire a boy to do miscellaneous work.
  我要僱一個小孩來使喚。

zhozheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'zheng [[...]][i#] [p.]

every day clothes, to wear every day

便裝

• Goar boeq zøx cit niar khaq siok ee khox, thafng zhozheng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar boeq zøx cit niar khaq siok ee khox, thafng zhof'zheng.; Goar bøeq zøx/zøex cit niar khaq siok ee khox, thafng zhof'zheng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I'm going to make less expensive pants to wear everyday.
  我要做一件較便宜的褲子當便裝

ernghux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: exng'hux [[...]][i#] [p.]

cope with, deal with

應付

• zwnpi thafng ernghux kynkib ee sii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zurn'pi thafng exng'hux kirn'kib ee sii. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  prepare to meet an emergency
  準備來應付緊急之時.

• Goar bexhiao ernghux goaxkoklaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao exng'hux goa'kog'laang.; Goar bøe'hiao exng'hux goa'kog'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot take care of a foreign visitor's needs. (because I don't understand their language or customs).
  我不會應付外國人.

• bøo hoatto thafng ernghux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo hoad'to thafng exng'hux. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  unable to cope with it
  無法應付

efkao`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee [[...]][i#] [p.]

mute person

啞吧

• Efkao`ee ho phafng terngtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ea'kao`ee ho phafng texng'tiøh. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be speechless or not allowed to complain after suffering a loss or being unjustly blamed (Lit. a mute is stung by a bee)
  啞吧吃黃蓮.

• efkao`ee tehsie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee teq'sie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to be in a bad situation but unable to explain oneself, to be perplexed (Lit. a mute crushes his child).
  啞吧壓死自己的孩子(無話可說).

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