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zhamzhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhafm'zhaf; ; (zhafm'chy) [[...]][i#] [p.]

unequal, not uniform, confused, irregular, mixed in confusion

參差

• Ciaq ee gynnar zhamzhafm zhazhaf, u ee toaxhaxn, u ee seahaxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciaq ee girn'nar zhafm'zhafm zhaf'zhaf, u ee toa'haxn, u ee sex'haxn.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  These children are not of one size, some are older and some are younger.
  這些孩子參差不齊,有的大,有的小。

haxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: haxn; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

Han dynasty, of the Chinese people or language, a man, a fellow

漢,個子

• toaxhaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'haxn; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very tall, be tall (only refers to the height of people)
  高大

• søeahaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn; søex'haxn; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be short (only refers to the height of people)
  矮小

ko'hu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'hu; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

behave ungratefully, requite kindness with ingratitude, disappoint, be unfaithful to a person

辜負

• ko'hu laang ee høfix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'hu laang ee hør'ix; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  act ungratefully after receiving other's good wishes
  辜負人的好意

• ko'hu lirn lauxpe chi lie kaq ciaq toaxhaxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'hu lirn lau'pe chi lie kaq ciaq toa'haxn.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  waste your father's efforts in bringing you up.
  辜負你父親養育你這麼大

nar... nar... [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nar... nar...; ; (luo... luo...) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the more... the more...

愈 ...愈 ...,越 ...越 ...

• Nar toa nar hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nar toa nar hør.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The bigger the better.
  越大越好。

• Nar toaxhaxn nar koay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nar toa'haxn nar koay.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The older he gets, the better behaved he is.
  長越大越乖。

• Nar ciah nar hør ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nar ciah nar hør ciah.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The more you eat, the better it tastes.
  越吃越好吃。

puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puu; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

type of gourd, bottle gourd, calabash

匏

• holoo-puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo'puu; hoo'loo-puu; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  type of gourd much larger at one end
  葫蘆匏

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If a child gets into the habit of stealing trifles, he will steal big things when he grows up.
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

søeahaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn; søex'haxn; [[...]][i#] [p.]

short or small (in stature), in childhood

矮小,年少

• seahaxn ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn ee sii; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When one was a child
  小的時候

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If as a child you steal gourds, as an adult, you'll steal cows. — as the twig is bent, so grows the tree
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

toaxhaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'haxn; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

tall person, large man, grow up

高個子,長大

• be toaxhaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be toa'haxn; bøe toa'haxn; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  does not grow up
  長不大

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