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

hulled rice

米

• ciah bie mxzay bykex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah bie m'zay bie'kex; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  person who knows but little of the world
  不知天高地厚

• zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  customary rice
  在來米

• zhørbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'bie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rice separated from the husk
  糙米

• zudbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zut'bie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  glutinous rice
  糯米

• honglaibie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'laai'bie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  improved rice
  蓬萊米

• peqbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh'bie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rice beaten white in the mortar
  白米

bogbeeng kii biau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'beeng kii biau; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

very mysterious and abstruse, very strange, peculiar

莫明其妙

• Y sor korng ee oe bogbeeng kii biau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y sor korng ee oe bok'beeng kii biau.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Everything he says is strange.
  他所說的,莫名其妙。

• Bøo laang jiblaai, arnzvoar cvii e bøo`khix, sidzai bogbeeng kii biau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo laang jip'laai, axn'zvoar cvii e bøo`khix, sit'zai bok'beeng kii biau.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  No one went in, how come the money is gone. It's very strange.
  沒有人進來,錢怎麼會丟,實在莫名其妙。

zaixlaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

conventional, up to this time

一向,向來

zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie; (purn'tør-bie) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the customary rice, local rice, an inferior quality of rice

在來米

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

find fault with, to blame, object to, dislike

嫌棄

• Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sofzai, ciaq køq laai chitthøo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sor'zai, ciaq køq laai chid'thøo.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have no objections to a poor place, come back for a visit.
  你要是不嫌棄地方不好,請再來玩。

• Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  She does not want to marry me, because she has an objection to my poverty.
  她嫌我窮,不要嫁我。

• hiaam kuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam kuix; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  object to the high price of something
  嫌貴

• hiaam tafng hiaam say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam tafng hiaam say; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be discontented with everything
  吹毛求疵

• bexhiao sayzuun hiaam khef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn.; bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A poor skipper blames the winding river.
  不會開船,嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

køea khaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kea'khaf; køea khaf; [[...]][i#] [p.]

use a stool or other support to get up higher, put something under a piece of furniture so as to make it steady or to raise it higher

墊腳

• Na theh be tiøh, giaa yar laai kefkhaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na theh be tiøh, giaa ie'ar laai kea'khaf.; Na theh bøe tiøh, giaa ie'ar laai køea'khaf.; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you cannot reach it, bring a chair and stand on it.
  要是拿不到,拿椅子來墊腳。

• Cid tex tøh'ar bøo zai, theh cit tex pang'ar laai kefkhaf (kea ho zai) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tex tøq'ar bøo zai, theh cit tex pafng'ar laai kea'khaf (kea ho zai); ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This desk is not steady, put a piece of wood under the leg (and make it steady)
  這張桌子不穩,拿一塊板子來墊腳。

uxgiah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u'giah; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

rich, bulky, massive, voluminous, plenty of (something)

寬裕,很有份量

• Zaixlaibie pie honglaibie khaq uxgiah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'laai'bie pie hoong'laai'bie khaq u'giah.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Native rice when cooked is more fluffy than "hong-lai-bi".
  在來米比蓬來米煮後份量較多。

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