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bafng'ar texng gukag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barng'ar texng guu'kag [[...]][i#] [p.]

doesn't feel it, only slightly affected, remains unperturbed (Lit. a mosquito to stings a bull's horn)

蚊子螫牛角,不在乎

• Bafng'ar texng laxnphaf, phvae phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Barng'ar texng lan'phaf, phvae phaq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in dilemma, be driven to the wall (Lit. When a mosquito stings you in the scrotum, you have to be very careful how you go about swatting it.)
  蚊子螫陰囊,難打,棘手。

bøexhiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao; bøe'hiao [[...]][i#] [p.]

do not know how to (affirmative form is øexhiao)

不會

• Bøexhiao sayzuun hiaam khøef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn.; Bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The person who can't navigate a boat says the river is too winding.
  不會開船嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Bøexhiao siuu, khanthoaf laxnphaf toa kiuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa khiuu.; Bøe'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa kiuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  blame the hammer when you don't drive the nail straight, blame others or other things for personal skills being insufficient (Lit. Don't know how to swim because scrotum is too big.)
  不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Cid kux ee iesux goar bøexhiao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kux ee ix'sux goar be'hiao.; Cid kux ee ix'sux goar bøe'hiao. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know the meaning of this sentence, don't know how to explain it.
  這句的意思我不懂。

• Goar bøexhiao saychiaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao sae'chiaf.; Goar bøe'hiao sae'chiaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know how to drive a car.
  我不會開車。

• Goar bøexhiao korng Enggie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao korng Efng'gie.; Goar bøe'hiao korng Efng'gie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) speak English.
  我不會講英語。

• Goar bøexhiao eng ti ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao eng ti ciah.; Goar bøe'hiao eng ti ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) eat with chopsticks.
  我不會用筷子吃飯。

hngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hngf; (hofng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

waste, desert, famine

荒

• pha'hngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'hngf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  desolate, laid waste
  荒蕪的

imloong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ym'loong; (lan'phaf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

scrotum

陰囊

laxnphaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lan'phaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

scrotum

陰曩

• toa laxnphaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa lan'phaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  having a very large scrotum, hydrocele or similar diseases of the scrotal area
  脫腸,疝氣

phaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf; (phaw) [[...]][i#] [p.]

throw, throw away, to cast, to abandon, to eject, give up

拋

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

corolla of a flower, bunch of flowers, bunch of fruit, classifier for tails, queues, flames and lights etc

葩,束,盞,撮,串

• cit phaf boea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit phaf boea; cit phaf bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  large tail of an animal
  一撮尾毛

• cit phaf hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit phaf hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bunch of flowers
  一束花

• nng phaf hoea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng phaf hoea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  two lamps burning
  二盞燈

pha'bang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'bang [[...]][i#] [p.]

net, throw or cast a fishing net

撒網

phachialyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'chiaf'lyn; (phaf'lixn'tao) [[...]][i#] [p.]

somersault, turn a somersault

翻觔斗

pha'hii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'hii [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish by casting the net into the water

灑網捕魚

pha'hngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'hngf [[...]][i#] [p.]

be laid waste, go to ruin (decay)

荒廢,荒蕪

phalaai pha'khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'laai phaf'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

toss about in one's sleep

翻來覆去,輾轉難眠

phapha'zao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'phaf'zao [[...]][i#] [p.]

go about idly (like a truant boy or idle fellow spending money on low amusements), leave one's master's work for amusement or for one's own business

到處跑

pha'tviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'tviax [[...]][i#] [p.]

cast anchor

拋錨,下碇

pha'tiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'tiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

spread out suckers or trailing shoots

藤蔓延

phoo-laxnphaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoo'lan'phaf; phoo-lan'phaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

flatter, curry favor with, fawn upon

諂媚,拍馬屁

tviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviax; (texng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

weigh anchor

碇,錨

• khytviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'tviax [[...]][i#] [p.]
  anchor
  起碇

• pha'tviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'tviax [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to anchor
  下碇,拋錨

• thengtviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: theeng'tviax [[...]][i#] [p.]
  lie at anchor while calling a at port
  停碇

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