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

apply, rub on, smear, anoint, to plaster a wall

抹,塗,敷

boaq bag'iøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq bak'iøh [[...]] 

apply eye ointment

擦眼藥

boahhurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'hurn [[...]] 

powder, powder one's face

抹粉

boaq iøqar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq iøh'ar [[...]] 

apply a plaster (medicine)

擦藥

boah'iuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'iuu [[...]] 

anoint, smear with oil or grease, baste, to grease

敷油

boahpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'piaq [[...]] 

plaster a wall

抹壁

• boahpiaq siangbin kngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'piaq siafng'bin kngf [[...]] 
  flatter both sides, two faced, as an arbitrator make both sides happy (Lit. polish or brush slick both sides of the wall)
  圓滑

boaq serng'iuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq sexng'iuu [[...]] 

anointing

敷(塗)聖油

boahsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'siaw [[...]] 

erase, to strike off, inform the authorities of cessation of a right

抹消

boahtøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'tøf [[...]] 

trowel

抹刀

zoafn'oafn boahkag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoarn'oafn boaq'kag [[...]] 

talk in a roundabout way

轉彎抹角

huoiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hux'iuu; (boaq sexng'iuu) [[...]] 

anoint with oil (Catholic)

傅油,抹聖油

isu bupor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ii'su buu'por [[...]] 

of no help, doesn't help for a solution to a problem

於事無補

• Paklai hoatkhylaai ee phøe'hupve, kannaf boaq iøqar si usu bupor ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pag'lai hoad'khie'laai ee phoee'hw'pve, kafn'naf boaq iøh'ar si ii'su buu'por ee.; Pag'lai hoad`khie'laai ee phøee'hw'pve/pvi, kafn'naf boaq iøh'ar si uu'su buu'por ee. [[...]] 
  For internal troubles it doesn't help to apply medicine on the outside.
  肚子裡發出來的皮膚病,只擦藥是於事無補的。

itpid-boahsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'pid boaq'siaw; id'pid-boaq'siaw; (id'pid kaw'siaw) [[...]] 

undo something by a single stroke, all cancelled, settle an account once for all

一筆勾消

kha'tøea boah'iuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tea boaq'iuu; khaf'tøea boaq'iuu [[...]] 

slip away

腳底抹油,溜走

niar cionghux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niar ciofng'hux; (niar hux'iuu, niar boaq'iuu) [[...]] 

receive the last Sacraments (the new Catholic term is "Anointing of the Sick")

領終傅(領病人傅油聖事)

pvepang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvee'pang; pvee/pvii'pang [[...]] 

smooth and orderly, steady, even

平均,平坦

• Piaq boaq liao cyn pvepang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Piaq boaq liao cyn pvee'pang.; Piaq boaq liao cyn pvee/pvii'pang. [[...]] 
  The wall was plastered very smoothly.
  牆壁抹得很平順。

phafng-korngkoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phafng'koxng'koxng; phafng-koxng'koxng [[...]] 

sweet smelling, savory, appetizing

香噴噴

• Lie kuy sengkhw phangkorngkoxng si boaq symmiq phangzuie? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kuy sefng'khw phafng'koxng'koxng si boaq sirm'miq phafng'zuie? [[...]] 
  Your whole body is very fragrant, what perfume are you using?
  你全身香噴噴的,是擦什麼香水?

piaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piaq; (pheg) [[...]] 

wall, partition wall, walls of a house or room, cliff

壁,牆

• auxpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'piaq [[...]] 
  behind
  後面

• boahpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'piaq [[...]] 
  plaster a wall
  刷牆

• boahpiaq siafng bin kngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'piaq siafng bin kngf [[...]] 
  impartial in management of affairs, just to both parties
  圓滑

• ciøqpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'piaq [[...]] 
  stone partition
  石壁

• zoadpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'piaq [[...]] 
  precipice
  絕壁

• kehpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keq'piaq [[...]] 
  next door, near neighbors
  隔壁

• poxngpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pong'piaq [[...]] 
  up against a wall, said of man with no resource, become penniless
  碰壁

sernghoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sexng'hoef [[...]] 

blessed ashes (Catholic)

聖灰

• niar sernghoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niar sexng'hoef [[...]] 
  receive ashes
  領聖灰

• boaq sernghoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq sexng'hoef [[...]] 
  distribute ashes
  抹聖灰

siangbin kngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siafng'bin kngf [[...]] 

smooth on both sides

雙面亮

• cit bin boaq piaq, siangbin kngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit bin boaq piaq, siafng'bin kngf [[...]] 
  deal with affair craftily
  處事狡猾

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

vanish, disappear, die out, disperse, eliminate, remove, extinguish, quench

消

• boahsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaq'siaw [[...]] 
  erase, strike off
  抹消

• zhwsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuo'siaw [[...]] 
  cancel, annul
  取消

• ciah-bøexsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah be siaw; ciah bøe siaw [[...]] 
  unable to digest, unable to accomplish
  吃不消

• zuie be siaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie be siaw; zuie bøe siaw [[...]] 
  water will not drain off
  水不通

• khaisiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khay'siaw [[...]] 
  expend money, expenditure
  開銷

• tiaosiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaux'siaw [[...]] 
  revoke (a license)
  吊銷

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