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- had [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: had; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- shout, bawl, to roar at, to thunder at, to say disagreeable things, speak loud and angrily
- 吆喝,叱吒,責怪
- khaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- comparative particle. The meaning of this particle is usually given as "more", but in translating this word into English we very often must use a circumlocution on account of its idiomatic use. The chief reason for this is that it is joined not only to adjectives and adverbs to form the comparative degree, but it is also joined to VERBS.
- 更,較
- phahtng chiwkud khie'tøx iorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'tng chiuo'kud khix'tøx iorng; ; (phaq'tng chiuo'kud tiefn'tøx iorng) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- turn a misfortune into a blessing, to profit from a misfortune, After a storm, comes a calm. (Lit. After a broken arm has been cured, it is stronger than before.)
- 因禍得福
- sixhuy tientøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: si'huy tiefn'tøx; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- confound right and wrong
- 是非顛倒
- tix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tix; ; (taix) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- wear (a cap, hat, cap) on the head
- 戴
- tientøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiefn'tøx; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- on the contrary, opposite
- 顛倒,相反
- tientørkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiefn'tøx'korng; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- say the opposite of what one thinks
- 說相反
- tientørsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiefn'tøx'svef; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- baby born feet first
- 顛倒生
- tientøx sixhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiefn'tøx si'huy; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- confound right and wrong, confuse justice and injustice, distort the truth, twist facts
- 顛倒是非
- tientørthausvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiefn'tøx'thaau'svef; tiefn'tøx'thaau'svef/svy; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- breech presentation (obstetrics)
- 臀位生產
- tøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøx; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
- overturn, to invert, on the contrary, wrong side, left side, pour out
- 倒