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chiwthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau [[...]] 

hold, seize, grasp property or authority, have something one's command

手頭,手中

• Zaisarn ti yn lauxpe ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaai'sarn ti yn lau'pe ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]] 
  The property is under his father's control.
  財產在他父親的手中。

• Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau.; Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]] 
  He holds the authority to approve or to reject.
  准或不准在他的手中。

• chiwthaau aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau aan [[...]] 
  short of cash
  手頭緊

cvii aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii aan; (chiuo'thaau aan) [[...]] 

hand up for cash

銀根緊,手頭緊

kimgiin svaputpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'giin svaf'pud'pien [[...]] 

Some times a person is short of money. (Lit. Money has three inconvenient times, when you haven't received it yet, when you don't have any, and when you have spent it all.)

金錢三不便,手頭緊

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