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zatlat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zad'lat [[...]][i#] [p.]

to estimate one's strength or resources before acting, estimate one's own ability act according to one's strength

量力

• Bøeq texng hid khoarn pang'ar, aix siøfkhoar zatlat, na bøo, øe texng phoax khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq texng hid khoarn pafng'ar, aix siør'khoar zad'lat, na bøo, e texng phoax khix.; Bøeq texng hid khoarn pafng'ar, aix siør'khoar zad'lat, na bøo, øe texng phoax khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you are going to nail down that kind of board, you have to be careful how hard you hit it or you will bust the board.
  要釘那種木板要稍微量力,否則會釘破。

zhagphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhak'phoax [[...]][i#] [p.]

pierce, puncture

刺破

• Chialiern ho teng'ar zhagphoax khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiaf'liern ho tefng'ar zhak'phoax khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The tire was punctured by a nail.
  輪胎被釘子刺破了。

chiaxngtiøh phoarpve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiang'tiøh phoax'pve; chiang'tiøh phoax'pve/pvi [[...]][i#] [p.]

hindered by sickness

湊巧生病

• chiaxngtiøh phoarpve soaq bextaxng khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiang'tiøh phoax'pve soaq be'taxng khix.; Chiang`tiøh phoax'pve/pvi soaq bøe'taxng khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I couldn't go, owing to illness.
  湊巧生病而不能去。

øef`tiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ef'tiøh; øef`tiøh; (oef`tiøh) [[...]][i#] [p.]

hit or rub against with elbow or arm in passing, to jostle

撞到(被手肘),推擠到

• Ef`tiøh hoekafn soaq korngphoax khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ef`tiøh hoef'kafn soaq koxng'phoax khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I hit the flower vase with my elbow and broke it.
  花瓶被肘部撞到而摔破了.

kaq mxsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq m'si [[...]][i#] [p.]

since...not

既不是

• Lie kaq mxsi phoarpve, nar bøo aix khix haghau? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau?; Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve/pvi, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since you are not sick, why don't you want to attend school?
  你既不是生病,為何不去學校?

• Mih kaq mxsi kea ee, lie khix chviar symmihlaang laai khvoax ia bøo iaokirn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Mih kaq m'si kea ee, lie khix chviar sirm'miq'laang laai khvoax ia bøo iaux'kirn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since the things are not false, it doesn't make any difference whom you ask to look at them.
  貨既不是假的,你去請誰來看也沒有關係。

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

be inflamed with perspiration (as the armpit), be kept in a damp place and rot away, prickly heat, heat rash

浸,濕腐, 朽爛

• keh'exlafng kauq kvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keq'e'lafng kauq kvoa; keq'e'lafng kauq kvoa; (køq'e'lafng kauq kvoa) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  arms pits are inflamed with perspiration
  腋下生汗疹

• svaf kauq phoax khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf kauq phoax khix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Clothing rotted with the damp
  衣服濕腐了

mohkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: moq'khix; (moq løh'khix) [[...]][i#] [p.]

deflates (balloon), haggard, pinched and weak

癟瘦,消瘦

• Y phoarpve liawau lorng moq løqkhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y phoax'pve liao'au lorng moq løh'khix.; Y phoax'pve/pvi liao'au lorng moq løh'khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  She looks pinched and weak after her illness.
  她病後,消瘦了很多。

phoarkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

broken

破了

thaukhak'voar phoarkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'khag'voar phoax'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

skull fracture

頭蓋骨破裂

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