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høefsiøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'siøf; høea'siøf [[...]][i#] [p.]

get burnt

火燒

høea siøf bagbaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf bak'baai; høea siøf bak'baai [[...]][i#] [p.]

imminent crisis or emergency (fire singeing the eyebrows)

火燒眉毛,燃眉之急

• Hoea siøf bagbaai, bøo korng bexexngtid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoea siøf bak'baai, bøo korng be'eng'tid.; Høea siøf bak'baai, bøo korng bøe'eng`tid. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I was forced to tell the truth.
  已到燃眉之急,不說不行了。

• Mxthafng thernghau kaux hoea siøf bagbaai, ciaq boeq laai zhoe goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'thafng thexng'hau kaux hoea siøf bak'baai, ciaq boeq laai zhoe goar.; M'thafng thexng'hau kaux høea siøf bak'baai, ciaq bøeq laai zhøe goar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Come see me before you are driven into a corner.
  不要等到火燒眉頭,才要來找我。

høefsiøzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'siøf'zhux; høea'siøf'zhux [[...]][i#] [p.]

house on fire

房子著火,失火

• Hoefsiøzhux ox. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoea'siøf'zhux ox. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Fire! Fire!
  失火了!

Høefsiøf-khaf suilaang pøea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoea'siøf-khaf suii'laang poea.; Høea'siøf-khaf suii'laang pøea. [[...]][i#] [p.]

have to take care of or protect yourself (Lit. When people's feet get burnt, everyone has to rub out their own fire.)

自己顧自己。

høea siøf koliaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf kof'liaau; høea siøf kof'liaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

no hope, hopeless (Lit. the net house is burnt down, it's hopeless.)

火燒罟寮,形容無望了

hoea siøsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf'sym; høea siøf'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]

anxious or worried (like fire burning the heart)

火燒心

høefsiøsvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'siøf'svoaf; høea'siøf'svoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

forest fire

火燒山

• Hoefsiøsvoaf, luixtiøh kaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoea'siøf'svoaf, lui'tiøh kaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  One person's difficulty affects other people. We all hang together. (Forest fire disturbs the monkeys.)
  池魚之殃

høea siøf ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf ty'thaau; høea siøf ty'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

said of a person who is already very familiar (Lit. burnt pig's head, face very well done)

火燒豬頭,很面熟

jiafhøea siøsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiar'hoea siøf'syn; jiar'høea siøf'syn [[...]][i#] [p.]

stir a fire and burn oneself — to bring trouble upon oneself

惹火燒身

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

touch, come in contact with, strike against, bump into, to "clip"

接觸,碰

• Tiexnsvoax kab tiexnsvoax na siøkhap, e zhut'hoea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tien'svoax kab tien'svoax na siøf'khap, e zhud'hoea.; Tien'svoax kab tien'svoax na siøf'khap, øe zhud'høea. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When an electric wire comes in contact with another electric wire, it gives off a spark.
  電線跟電線如相碰會起火。

• Goar chiwnih phaang cit voar zhaethngf, lie mxthafng ka goar khabtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar chiuo'nih phaang cit voar zhaix'thngf, lie m'thafng ka goar khap'tiøh. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have a bowl of soup in my hands, don't bump into me.
  我手裡端著一碗菜湯,你不要碰我。

• Goar ee othofbae siøfkhoar ka y khabtiøh niaxnia, bøo ka y kauhtiøh, ia bøo ka y poxngtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee of'thor'bae siør'khoar ka y khap'tiøh nia'nia, bøo ka y kauq'tiøh, ia bøo ka y pong'tiøh. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I barely touched him with my motor-bike, I did not run over him nor did I collide with him.
  我的機車只稍為擦到他,沒有輾到他,也沒有撞到他。

parnghoea siøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paxng'hoea siøf; paxng'høea siøf [[...]][i#] [p.]

burn it

放火燒,縱火

siø'høea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'hoea; siøf'høea [[...]][i#] [p.]

make light, tend a fire

烤火(取暖)

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