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

hinder, impede, oppose, obstruct, stand up for, protect, defend

攔,袒護

• vaa ke'afkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: vaa kef'ar'kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  brood over chicks like a hen, to protect or defend little chicks
  護小雞

• vaa kuy peeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: vaa kuy peeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be partial, show partiality, favor one party more than another, partiality
  偏袒

Zøe kviar gøxsie pe, zøe simpu gøxsie ta'kef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ze kviar gø'sie pe, ze sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef.; Zøe kviar gø'sie pe, zøe sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef. [[...]][i#] [p.]

too many workers, nothing gets done (Lit. When there are many children the father starves to death, when there are many daughters in law the mother in law starves to death.)

兒子多餓死父親,媳婦多餓死婆婆。

hvaethaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvaix'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

shake one's head in despair, sigh unhappily

搖頭(嘆氣)

• Na kofngtiøh yn kviar, taixkef tøf hvaethaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na korng'tiøh yn kviar, tai'kef tøf hvaix'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you ask someone about their kids they give you a sigh.
  一講到他兒子,每人都搖頭。

køe'afkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'ar'kviar; køef'ar-kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

baby chicks

小雞

pu ke'afkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu kef'ar'kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

sit on eggs, incubate

孵小雞

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