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pvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvef; pvef/pvy; (pvy) [[...]] 

make hard or stiff, make tight or rigid, straighten something, to stretch, to pitch, to draw, to pull, to haul, to drag, to cover (umbrella ribs with cloth)

拉緊,繃緊,張蓋

• cit teeng phoee pvef cit teeng kud. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit teeng phoee pvef cit teeng kud.; cit'teeng phøee pvef/pvy cit'teeng kud. [[...]] 
  one layer (ply) of skin covering the bones — be only skin and bones
  皮包骨

phøee pvef khaq aan`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoee pvef khaq aan lex; phøee pvef/pvy khaq aan`leq [[...]] 

tighten your skin in preparation for a beating

準備挨打

sarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sarn [[...]] 

skinny, lean, thin, (cloth) woven too wide and loose, sterile (land)

瘦

• siausarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaw'sarn [[...]] 
  become haggard, pinched
  消瘦

• sarn kaq zhwn cit ky kud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sarn kaq zhwn cit ky kud [[...]] 
  wasted away to a skeleton
  瘦得剩個骨架

• sarn kaq cit teeng phoee pvef cit ky kud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sarn kaq cit teeng phoee pvef cit ky kud; sarn kaq cit'teeng phøee pvef/pvy cit'ky kud [[...]] 
  Lit. become haggard to the point of being a layer of skin covering a bone — all skin and bones
  瘦得成皮包骨

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