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zhengzuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'zuie [[...]]

clear or fresh water

清水

zhefng zuykaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng zuie'kaw [[...]]

clean drains

打掃水溝

Time brings everything to light. (Lit. Where the water is clear, the fish are seen.)

水清魚就現,水落石出。

kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng; (kofng) [[...]]

labor, laborer, workman, job, The time occupied in doing a piece of work, a day's work

工,工作天

Zef aix cidkafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zef aix cit'kafng; (Zef aix cit'kafng laang) [[...]]
This is a good day's work.
這要一天(工作天)。

Thozuysai'hu cit kafng aix nngxzhefng khof. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thoo'zuie'say'hu cit kafng aix nng'zhefng khof. [[...]]
The daily wages of a mason is 2,000.
泥水匠一天要兩千塊錢。

nngxkafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng'kafng; (nng'kafng laang) [[...]]
one man's work for two days or two men's work for one day, two work-days
兩天,兩個工作天

Ng'høo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ngg'høo [[...]]

Yellow River

黃河

Ng'høo zuie tengzhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ngg'høo zuie teeng'zhefng [[...]]
clearing of the Yellow River — an impossibility (because the turbulent water carries large amount of sands from upstream)
黃河水澄清(不可能的事)

sea be zhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sea be zhefng; søea bøe zhefng [[...]]

unable to vindicate oneself

洗不清

Eng Ng'høo ee zuie ia sea be zhefng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng Ngg'høo ee zuie ia sea be zhefng.; Eng Ngg'høo ee zuie ia søea bøe zhefng. [[...]]
It cannot be washed clean even with the water of the Yellow River. (said of a bad name)
用黃河的水也洗不清。

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