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bøefhøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boea'hoe; bøea'høe [[...]] 

last member of a private lending association in which each member puts in a deposited amount of money each month and they bid on who will get the money each month. The one with the lowest bid gets the money that month.

尾會

• Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar bøeq zøx bøefhøe khaq u lixseg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar boeq zøx boea'hoe khaq u li'seg.; Goar lorng bøo aix piøf, goar bøeq zøx bøea'høe khaq u li'seg. [[...]] 
  I don't want to bid for lending the money, I'll be "boe-hoe" so I get more interest.
  我都不標,我要作尾會,比較有利息。

chiwbøea-lat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'boea'lat; chiuo'bøea-lat [[...]] 

strength in one's arm

腕力

• U chiwbøeflat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U chiuo'boea'lat; U chiuo'bøea'lat [[...]] 
  have great strength in one's arm
  有腕力

chiwbøea u pvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'boea u pvef; chiuo'bøea u pvef/pvy [[...]] 

strength of two combatants equal

勢均力敵

u thaau bøo bøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u thaau bøo boea; u thaau bøo bøea [[...]] 

leave a job incomplete or unfinished, quit doing something halfway, a thing given up before it is finished

有頭無尾

uxthaau-uxbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u thaau u boea; u'thaau-u'bøea [[...]] 

do a job from beginning to end, it has a beginning and an end

有始有終

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