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bexpvetid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'pvef'tid [[...]][i#] [p.]

stingy

吝嗇

chiwboea u pvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'boea u pvef [[...]][i#] [p.]

strength of two combatants equal

勢均力敵

kaupvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaw'pvef [[...]][i#] [p.]

troublesome, quarrelsome, fastidious, hard to please

乖戾,難以取悅

pvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvef (pvy) [[...]][i#] [p.]

make hard or stiff, make tight or rigid, straighten something, to stretch, to pitch, to draw, to pull, to haul, to drag, to cover (umbrella ribs with cloth)

拉緊,繃緊,張蓋

• cit teeng phoee pvef cit teeng kud. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit teeng phoee pvef cit teeng kud. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one layer (ply) of skin covering the bones — be only skin and bones
  皮包骨

pve'aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvef'aan [[...]][i#] [p.]

stretch tight, to stretch by applying more tension, to stretch with force in order to make tight

拉緊,張緊

pvekhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvef'khuy [[...]][i#] [p.]

spread, open

強拉開

phoee pvef khaq aan lex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoee pvef khaq aan lex [[...]][i#] [p.]

tighten your skin in preparation for a beating

準備挨打

piefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piefn (pafn, pvef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

pull out (a stiff peg or drawer), to grasp with the hand (as in climbing a wall or mountain)

攀,扳

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

skinny, lean, thin, (cloth) woven too wide and loose, sterile (land)

瘦

• siausarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaw'sarn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  become haggard, pinched
  消瘦

• sarn kaq zhwn cit ky kud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sarn kaq zhwn cit ky kud [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wasted away to a skeleton
  瘦得剩個骨架

• sarn kaq cit teeng phoee pvef cit ky kud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sarn kaq cit teeng phoee pvef cit ky kud [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Lit. become haggard to the point of being a layer of skin covering a bone — all skin and bones
  瘦得成皮包骨

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