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zhosiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'siab [[...]][i#] [p.]

hard to do (Lit. coarse and rough)

艱辛

• Cid hang khangkhoex cyn zhosiab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid hang khafng'khoex cyn zhof'siab. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This job is very tough.
  這項工作很艱辛。

• Zøx cit niar svaf thaxn svaf zap khof, cyn zhosiab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx cit niar svaf thaxn svaf zap khof, cyn zhof'siab.; Zøx/Zøex cit niar svaf thaxn svaf zap khof, cyn zhof'siab. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Making this piece of clothes for thirty dollars was a very tough job.
  做一件衣服賺三十塊,很艱辛。

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

stick (between the molars), fill up (a cavity or crack), wedge something under a piece of furniture so as to make it steady

塞,填

• siab ho zai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab ho zai [[...]][i#] [p.]
  put something under (the table leg) to make (the table) steady
  塞穩

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

contracted form of "si-chap" (forty)

四十

• siap'id [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab'id [[...]][i#] [p.]
  forty-one
  四十一

• siapji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab'ji [[...]][i#] [p.]
  forty-two
  四十二

• Cviu siab ciu bøexliab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu siab ciu be liab.; Cviu siab ciu bøe'liab. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Lit. has lost sexual vigor — A person over forty has advanced in years
  人到四十,精力就差了。

siab tøhkhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab tøq'khaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

wedge something under the leg of a desk or table (so as to make it steady)

塞棹腳

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