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chiørpoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøx'poef [[...]][i#] [p.]

cast two small moon-shaped pieces of wood, round on one side and flat on the other, to seek an answer from a spirit (When both flat sides come up, the answer is uncertain.)

陽筊

zuyzuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'zuie [[...]][i#] [p.]

watery

太稀

• Cid poef ka'py zuyzuie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid poef kaf'py zuie'zuie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This cup of coffee is too watery.
  這杯咖啡太稀了。

e [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e øe (be) [[...]][i#] [p.]

expresses interior, inherent or innate capacity or incapacity, a permanent capacity or incapacity, frequently translated in English by "does" or "does not"

會, 不會

• Cid ciaq ciawar e poef, taxnsi cymmar bextaxng poef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ciaq ciao'ar e poef, tan'si cirm'mar be'taxng poef. Cid ciaq ciao'ar øe pøef, tan'si cid'mar bøe'taxng pøef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This bird flies, but it can not fly now (because it is in a cage).
  這隻鳥會飛, 但是現在不能飛.

• Cid ciaq kao e ka laang, taxnsi cymmar bextaxng khix ka laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ciaq kao e ka laang, tan'si cirm'mar be'taxng khix ka laang. Cid ciaq kao øe ka laang, tan'si cid'mar bøe'taxng khix ka laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This dog bites people, but now he can not go and bite people (because he is tied up).
  這隻狗會咬人, 但是現在不能去咬人.

• Niaw e ka niawchie, kao e kox mngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Niaw e ka niao'chie, kao e kox mngg. Niaw øe ka niao'chie/zhuo, kao øe kox mngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Cats catch rats, dogs watch the door.
  貓會捉老鼠, 狗會看門.

• Zhunthvy na kaux, hoef e khuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhwn'thvy na kaux, hoef e khuy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Flowers bloom in the spring. (It's their nature to do so).
  春天一到, 花會開.

• Ciawar e poef, hii e siuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciao'ar e poef, hii e siuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the inherent permanent capacity or inclination of something (Lit. "Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim.")
  鳥會飛, 魚會游水.

hongpøesoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'poef'soaf hofng'pøef'soaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

flying clouds of dust

風沙

iaugieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaau'gieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

rumor, unfounded report

謠言

• iaugieen moafthvipoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaau'gieen moar'thvy'poef iaau'gieen moar'thvy'pøef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  widely rumored, all sorts of rumors going the rounds
  謠言滿天飛

Kex kef toex kef poef, kex kao toex kao zao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kex kef toex kef poef, kex kao toex kao zao. Kex køef tøex køef pøef, kex kao tøex kao zao. [[...]][i#] [p.]

If you married a rooster, you must fly as he does, if you married a hound, you must run as he does. — A wife must share the toils and troubles of her husband

嫁雞隨雞,嫁狗隨狗

poaqpoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poah'poef [[...]][i#] [p.]

cast two wooden pieces of "poe" to seek an answer from the spirits, to divine with bamboo roots

卜杯筊

• sviuxpoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sviu'poef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  end up after a throw with one convex side up and the other flat, the best throw, meaning "yes"
  杯筊,順卦

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