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zag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zag [[...]] 

vexed or disturbed by children, flies or mosquitoes

擾,齪

• gynnar (hosiin, bafng'ar) cyn gaau zag laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: girn'nar (hoo'siin, barng'ar) cyn gaau zag laang. [[...]] 
  Young children, flies and mosquitoes can be very disturbing.
  小孩(蒼蠅,蚊子)真擾人。

• akzag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ag'zag [[...]] 
  squalid, upset (emotionally)
  齷齪,心亂

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

beard, whiskers, tassel, fringe

鬚

• zhaekoechiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'koef'chiw [[...]] 
  tendrils of cucumbers
  絲瓜鬚根

• zhuiechiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix'chiw [[...]] 
  beard and whiskers
  鬍鬚

• hochiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'chiw [[...]] 
  heavy beard
  腮鬍子

• lauchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laau'chiw [[...]] 
  grow a beard
  留鬍子

zhongbeeng itsex, hotoo itsii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhofng'beeng id'sex, hoo'too id'sii. [[...]] 

life time of cleverness can be interrupted by moments of stupidity

聰明一世,糊塗一時。

zhuiechiw ho'hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix'chiw hoo'hoo [[...]] 

thick and coarse beard

腮鬍子

cviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaf; (cvy, zefng) [[...]] 

spirit like a nymph

精

• holii-cviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'lii'cviaf; hoo'lii-cviaf [[...]] 
  woman of easy virtue supposed to be a fox in disguise, enchantress
  狐狸精

• iaucviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaw'cviaf [[...]] 
  ghost or malignant imp
  妖精

ciøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøf; (ciaw) [[...]] 

pepper

椒

• hiamciøar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiafm'ciøf'ar [[...]] 
  green pepper
  辣椒

• hociøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'ciøf [[...]] 
  pepper
  胡椒

ciok'ui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciog'ui [[...]] 

degree of nobility

爵位

• kongciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'ciog [[...]] 
  duke
  公爵

• hociog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'ciog [[...]] 
  marquis
  侯爵

• pekciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peg'ciog [[...]] 
  earl
  伯爵

• zwciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'ciog [[...]] 
  viscount
  子爵

• lamciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laam'ciog [[...]] 
  baron
  男爵

zoanzoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoaan'zoaan [[...]] 

exclusively, entirely, undividedly

全是,都是

• Ciaq ee hagsefng zoanzoaan si phvae gynnar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciaq ee hak'sefng zoaan'zoaan si phvae girn'nar. [[...]] 
  All of these students are bad boys.
  這些學生全是壞孩子。

• Zhuolai zoanzoaan si hosiin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhux'lai zoaan('zoaan) si hoo'siin.; Zhux'lai zoaan'zoaan si hoo'siin.; (Cit zhux'lai lorng'si hoo'siin.) [[...]] 
  The house is full of flies.
  屋子裏全是蒼蠅。

hamhoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: haam'hoo [[...]] 

muddled, indistinct, ambiguous, vague

含糊

• kofng'oe hamhoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'oe haam'hoo [[...]] 
  speaking indistinctly
  講話含糊

• zøx taixcix hamhoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx tai'cix haam'hoo; zøx/zøex tai'cix haam'hoo [[...]] 
  do things in a muddling manner
  做事含糊

hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo [[...]] 

scoop or net out of water

掏取,瓢

hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo [[...]] 

shaggy

多毛的

• hochiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'chiw [[...]] 
  heavy beard
  鰓鬍子

• ho'ho'hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'hoo'hoo [[...]] 
  very shaggy beard or whiskers
  毛茸茸的

hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo [[...]] 

fox

狐

hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo; (oo) [[...]] 

reckless, wildly blindly, disorderly, confusedly (general name of the northern tribes in ancient China)

胡

hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo [[...]] 

calabash, any type of bottle gourd

葫

hozhaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'zhaux [[...]] 

armpit odor

狐臭

hochiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'chiw [[...]] 

bushy beard

大鬍子,多鬚

hociøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'ciøf [[...]] 

black pepper

胡椒

• sarm hociøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sarm hoo'ciøf [[...]] 
  sprinkle pepper on
  撒(加)胡椒

hozog huiuii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'zog huy'uii [[...]] 

bully others as if the law were non existent

胡作非為

ho'gieen loaxn'gie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'gieen loan'gie [[...]] 

lies or wild talk, talk nonsense, talk incoherently or unintelligibly

胡言亂語

hociø'hurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'ciøf'hurn [[...]] 

ground pepper

胡椒粉

hohoo-totoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'hoo'too'too; hoo'hoo-too'too [[...]] 

muddled, confused

糊糊塗塗

hoo kar hor uy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo kar hor uy [[...]] 

bully the weak because of one's relation with the powerful (behave like the fox that borrowed the terror of the tiger)

狐假虎威

ho'khylaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'khie'laai [[...]] 

scoop or net something out of water

撈起來

holii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'lii [[...]] 

fox

狐狸

holii-cviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'lii'cviaf; hoo'lii-cviaf [[...]] 

fox elf, bewitching female

狐狸精(罵女人)

holikao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'lii'kao [[...]] 

spitz or Pomeranian dog

狐狸狗

holii png hofuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'lii png hor'uy [[...]] 

influence, a fox that has influence because of his relationship with a tiger's majesty, "a donkey in a lion's skin"

狐假虎威

holientau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'lieen'tau; (hoo'liin'tau) [[...]] 

pea

豌豆

holintauxjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'liin'tau'jiin [[...]] 

green peas

豌豆仁

holiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'liw [[...]] 

small fish a few inches long that lives in ditches and pools, a loach lives in the mud

泥鰍

holoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo [[...]] 

dried bottle gourd with inside scooped out so it can be used as a canteen

葫蘆

holo'heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo'heeng [[...]] 

bottle gourd shaped or guitar shaped

葫蘆形

holoo-puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo'puu; hoo'loo-puu [[...]] 

bottle gourd

葫蘆匏

hoo-luieluix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'luix'luix; hoo-luix'luix [[...]] 

very eloquent

能言善道

• Moelangzhuix holuieluix, lie tiøh khaq seaji lef, mxthafng khix ho phiernkhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Moee'laang'zhuix hoo'luix'luix, lie tiøh khaq sex'ji lef, m'thafng khix ho phiexn'khix. [[...]] 
  The matchmaker is very eloquent. Be careful not to be cheated.
  媒人婆能言善道,你得注意點,不要被騙。

ho'peeng kawiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'peeng kao'iuo [[...]] 

bunch of rogues

狐朋狗友

ho'phiøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'phiøo [[...]] 

harvest duckweed with a strainer

撈浮萍

hosiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'siin [[...]] 

fly

蒼蠅

hosinsaykix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'siin'sae'kix [[...]] 

fly specks, a freckle or spot on the face, mole

斑痣

hosoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'soad [[...]] 

Nonsense! talk nonsense

胡說

hosw loaxnsiorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'sw loan'siorng [[...]] 

daydream, to give one's thoughts free rein

胡思亂想

hotoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'too [[...]] 

confused, muddle headed, stupid

糊塗

itphaix ho'gieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'phaix hoo'gieen [[...]] 

complete nonsense

一派胡言

kaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaau; (hoo) [[...]] 

monkey

猴

kau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kau; (ho) [[...]] 

thick, strong (as liquor, coffee), dense, abundant

厚,多,濃

• Cid tviw zoar cyn kau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tviw zoar cyn kau. [[...]] 
  This sheet of paper is thick.
  這張紙很厚。

• Barng (hosiin) cyn kau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Barng (hoo'siin) cyn kau. [[...]] 
  There are very many mosquitoes (flies).
  蚊子(蒼蠅)很多。

• Ka'py goar aix lym khaq kau ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kaf'py goar aix lym khaq kau ee. [[...]] 
  I prefer rather strong coffee.
  咖啡我喜歡喝濃一點的。

koat'hoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koad'hoo [[...]] 

brackets, parentheses

括弧

lau holii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau hoo'lii [[...]] 

old fox, cunning old man

老狐狸

lau hotoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau hoo'too; (lau hoafn'tiefn) [[...]] 

dotard, a person in his dotage

老糊塗

lii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lii [[...]] 

fox, wild cat

狸

• holii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'lii [[...]] 
  fox
  狐狸

liw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liw [[...]] 

loach, a small fish that lives in the mud

鰍

• holiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'liw [[...]] 
  loach
  泥鰍

• kut liuliw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kut liw'liw [[...]] 
  very slippery
  滑溜溜

loo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loo [[...]] 

reeds, rushes, gourds

蘆

• holoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo [[...]] 
  bottle gourd, calabash
  葫蘆

loo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loo [[...]] 

gourd

𤬛

• holoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo [[...]] 
  type of gourd, much larger at one end than the other, gourd shaped vessel for holding drugs
  葫𤬛

Mxbad thie'thaau, twtiøh hochiw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'bad thix'thaau, tuo'tiøh hoo'chiw. [[...]] 

The barber who has never given a haircut has as his first customer a bearded gentleman.

未曾理髮,遇到虯髯客,剛開始新的工作,就遇到棘手的事。

moafmoafsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: moar'moar'si [[...]] 

everywhere in great abundance

到處都是

• Hosiin moafmoafsi. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoo'siin moar'moar'si. [[...]] 
  Everything is covered with flies.
  到處都是蒼蠅。

moelangzhuix holuieluix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: moee'laang'zhuix hoo'luix'luix [[...]] 

marriage brokers are a mealy-mouthed lot

媒婆的話,多誇張

pakperng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pag'perng; (perng'pag) [[...]] 

turn the stomach, upset stomach, feel like vomiting

嘔吐,反胃

• Mxzay si ciaqtiøh hosiin ahsi symmih, soaq gioxnggiong bøeq pakperng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'zay si ciah'tiøh hoo'siin ar'si sirm'miq, soaq giong'giong boeq pag'perng.; M'zay si ciah'tiøh hoo'siin iaq'si sirm'mih, soaq giong'giong bøeq pag'perng. [[...]] 
  I don't know if I ate a fly or what, but I feel like I am going to throw up.
  不知是吃到蒼蠅還是什麼,竟快要嘔吐。

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

duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza

紫萍;水萍

• zuyphuphiøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'phuu'phiøo [[...]] 
  floating weed like duckweed
  水浮萍

• hoo phiøar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo phiøo'ar [[...]] 
  scoop up duck weed with a strainer
  掬取浮萍

png [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: png [[...]] 

depend upon, rely upon, trust to

依,托,假

• Holii png (ciøq) hofuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoo'lii png (ciøq) hor'uy [[...]] 
  A fox makes use of a tiger's majesty. (influence) "An ass in a lion's skin"
  狐假虎威

• siøpng hokkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'png hog'khix [[...]] 
  rely on each other's luck
  相托福

pvoa hosiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoa hoo'siin [[...]] 

brush (drive) away flies

趕蒼蠅

puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puu [[...]] 

type of gourd, bottle gourd, calabash

匏

• holoo-puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo'puu; hoo'loo-puu [[...]] 
  type of gourd much larger at one end
  葫蘆匏

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu. [[...]] 
  If a child gets into the habit of stealing trifles, he will steal big things when he grows up.
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

sarm hociøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sarm hoo'ciøf [[...]] 

sprinkle pepper

撒胡椒

senglyzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'lie'zhuix [[...]] 

tricks of the trade: saying what is not exactly true

商人口才

• senglyzhuix holuieluix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'lie'zhuix hoo'luix'luix [[...]] 
  business man good at talking affairs of trade
  生意人靈嘴利牙

siin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siin; (seeng) [[...]] 

fly, house fly

蠅

• hosiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'siin [[...]] 
  fly, house fly
  蒼蠅

• hosinsaykix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'siin'sae'kix [[...]] 
  small dark spots on the skin
  斑痣

• kimsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'siin [[...]] 
  large blue bottle fly
  金蠅

tau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tau [[...]] 

beans, peas, soybeans

豆

• angtau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'tau [[...]] 
  red (India) bean
  紅豆

• byntau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: birn'tau [[...]] 
  French beans
  四季豆

• zhaetau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'tau [[...]] 
  string beans
  菜豆

• zhantau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaan'tau [[...]] 
  broad (or garden) bean
  蠶豆

• holintau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'liin'tau [[...]] 
  green peas
  豌豆

• hongteatau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'tex'tau [[...]] 
  large species of bean
  皇帝豆

• legtau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lek'tau [[...]] 
  the green peas, small green peas (like the vetch)
  綠豆

• ngtau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ngg'tau; (toa'tau) [[...]] 
  soybean
  黃豆

• otau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'tau [[...]] 
  black beans
  黑豆

• thotau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoo'tau [[...]] 
  peanut, groundnut
  花生

thie'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thix'thaau [[...]] 

get a hair cut, shave the head

理髮

• mxbad thie'thaau twtiøh hochiw ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'bad thix'thaau tuo'tiøh hoo'chiw ee. [[...]] 
  encounter untoward difficulty on a new job (Lit. an apprentice barber has a whiskery man for his first customer.)
  未曾理髮,遇到虯髯客。(剛開始新的工作,就遇到棘手的事)

tholiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoo'liw; (hoo'liw) [[...]] 

a small fish, a few inches long, which lives in ditches and pools, a loach (lives in the mud)

泥鰍

too [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: too [[...]] 

smear, to daub, to plaster, erase, blot out, mud, mire, miry, muddy

塗

• hotoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'too [[...]] 
  loose and careless in speech or behavior, ill-behaved so as to cause injury to others
  糊塗

• itpai totøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'pai too'te; id'pai too'tøe [[...]] 
  complete failure and defeat
  一敗塗地

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