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arnkhvoarbai lef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axn'khvoax'bai lef [[...]] 

try to press

試按一下

• Øextah`tid aq bøe, sefng iong chiuo arnkhvoarbai`leq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: E'tah'tid ar be, sefng iong chiuo axn'khvoax'bai lef.; Øe'tah`tid aq bøe, sefng iong chiuo axn'khvoax'bai`leq. [[...]] 
  Whether you can step on it or not, first use your hand to touch it.
  能踏不能踏,先用手試按一下

zøexguu tah-bøo puxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ze guu tah bøo puxn; zøe'guu tah-bøo puxn [[...]] 

If there are too many workers nothing gets done. (Lit. Many bulls don't make any dung to step in.)

人多反而成事難

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

should, ought to, respond to, to answer, react to, assent to

應

• hoafn'exng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'exng [[...]] 
  reaction, counteraction, response
  反應

• tah'exng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taq'exng [[...]] 
  promise verbally
  答應

hva [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hva; (hvah) [[...]] 

stride or step over a ditch

跨越

• Hid tiaau kauar lie hva øe køex`bøe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid tiaau kaw'ar lie hva e koex be?; Hid tiaau kaw'ar lie hva øe køex`bøe? [[...]] 
  Can you stride over that ditch?
  那條水溝你跨得過去嗎?

• Mxthafng tah køeakhix, tiøh hva køeakhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'thafng tah koex'khix, tiøh hva koex'khix.; M'thafng tah køex'khix, tiøh hva køex'khix. [[...]] 
  Don't tread on it, you must jump over it.
  不要踩過去,要跨過去。

hongkui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'kui [[...]] 

pair of bellows in a smithy

風箱

• khafn hongkui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafn hofng'kui [[...]] 
  work bellows by hand
  拉風箱

• tah hongkui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah hofng'kui [[...]] 
  work bellows with the foot
  踩風箱

huothngf taqhøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hux'thngf tah'hoea; hux'thngf tah'høea [[...]] 

go through fire and water to attain an objective

赴湯蹈火

ka zhuiekhykyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka zhuix'khie'kyn; (ka zhuix'khie'kwn) [[...]] 

clench one's teeth (as in pain or rage)

咬牙根

• ka zhuiekhykyn tah'exng y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka zhuix'khie'kyn taq'exng y [[...]] 
  unwillingly gave consent
  咬緊牙根答應他

• ka zhuiekhykyn jymnai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka zhuix'khie'kyn jirm'nai [[...]] 
  endure with clenched teeth
  咬緊牙根忍耐點

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

have sexual intercourse, fornicate

姦

• Kaxn lirn lauxbuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kaxn lirn lau'buo; (Kaxn lirn niuu'lea) [[...]] 
  vulgar and vile expression meaning "I lay your mother". Many men of the lower classes use this expression among friends without considering the meaning. "Kan lin niu-le, boeh khi tah?" is like saying "Hi, where are you going?" They even "curse" animals, their children, and wives this way.
  操你媽

• siøkaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'kaxn [[...]] 
  have sexual intercourse — (a vulgar expression)
  性交

kha'tah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tah [[...]] 

foot mats, footstool, pedal

腳墊,踏板(腳踏車縫紉機等)

khaf tah befsae, png kvoakhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf tah bea'sae, png kvoaf'khuix. [[...]] 

A mandarin's coachman makes use of his master's influence — a petty official often throws his weight around, hanging on his superior's coat-tails

倚勢作威作福,狗仗人勢

kha'taqchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tah'chiaf [[...]] 

bicycle

腳踏車

• kikhix kha'taqchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ky'khix khaf'tah'chiaf [[...]] 
  motorcycle
  機器腳踏車

kha'taqie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tah'ie [[...]] 

foot stool (especially matching to its own couch)

腳凳

kha'taqkhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tah'khaf [[...]] 

about the same time

片刻之前

kha'taqpafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tah'pafng [[...]] 

footboard

腳踏板

khaf tah sidtøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf tah sit'te; khaf tah sit'tøe [[...]] 

plant the feet on solid ground — have practical experience

腳踏實地

khaf taqtah thaxmtham [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf tah'tah tham'tham [[...]] 

totter along, stagger along

腳步蹣跚

kikhix kha'taqchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ky'khix khaf'tah'chiaf [[...]] 

motorcycle

機器腳踏車

kviatah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaa'tah [[...]] 

behavior, conduct, manner of walking

走動

laang tah laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang tah laang [[...]] 

people gathered together in great numbers

人踩人,擁擠

pvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvie; (piern) [[...]] 

flat, thin, flattened

扁平

• chiqpvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chih'pvie [[...]] 
  press flat (with the hand)
  壓扁

• taqpvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'pvie [[...]] 
  flatten by treading upon
  踩扁

• tehpvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'pvie [[...]] 
  crushed flat
  壓扁

• tuipvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuii'pvie [[...]] 
  beat flat (with hammer or fist)
  鎚扁

poxkongtaqtao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: po'kofng'tah'tao [[...]] 

don't have money

步光踏斗,形容一毛錢也沒有

puntaqty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puun'tah'ty [[...]] 

boast

吹牛

siangkhaf tah siangzuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siafng'khaf tah siafng'zuun [[...]] 

try to keep neutral between two courses or parties, double dealing, double dealer

雙腳踏雙船,三心兩意

sidtøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'te; sit'tøe [[...]] 

actuality, on-the-spot, for practical purpose

實地

• khaf tah sidte khix zøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf tah sit'te khix zøx; khaf tah sit'tøe khix zøx/zøex [[...]] 
  have practical experience
  腳踏實地去做

tah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah [[...]] 

to step on, to tread upon, to walk, to trample

踏,踩

• kha'taqar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tah'ar [[...]] 
  pedal
  踏板

• kha'taqchiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tah'chiaf [[...]] 
  bicycle
  腳踏車

• kviatah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaa'tah [[...]] 
  behavior, conduct, manner of walking
  走動

• laang tah laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang tah laang [[...]] 
  people gathered together in great numbers
  人踩人

• thwntah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thurn'tah [[...]] 
  trample on
  踐踏

taqzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'zai [[...]] 

to plant one's foot firmly, stand firm and in proper position

踩穩

taqzhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'zhaf [[...]] 

to behavior incorrectly

做錯

tah cirnzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah cixn'zeeng [[...]] 

go in advance

步向前

tah'exng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taq'exng [[...]] 

to promise verbally, to grant

答應

tah'ie tahtøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taq'ie taq'tøq [[...]] 

angrily bang on chairs and tables with hands

拍桌椅(以示生氣)

tah'viaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taq'viaa [[...]] 

encamp

紮營

taqjip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'jip [[...]] 

step into, become involved in

踏入

tah kudkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah kut'khix [[...]] 

to stumble by treading on a slippery or slushy place

踩滑了

tah liukhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah liw'khix [[...]] 

miss one's footing, one's foot slips

踩滑了

taqpafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'pafng [[...]] 

footboard, footrest, foothold, treadle

踏板

taqphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'phoax [[...]] 

to break by stepping on

踏破

taqphoax thih'øee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'phoax thiq'ee; tah'phoax thiq'øee [[...]] 

wear out iron shoes — search painstakingly everywhere

踏破鐵鞋

taqpvykhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'pvie'khix [[...]] 

to flatten by treading on

踩扁了

taqsoad simmuii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'soad siim'muii [[...]] 

go out into the snow looking for flowering plum trees — get an inspiration for a poem

踏雪尋梅

taqtham [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'tham [[...]] 

Alzheimer's disease

老人痴呆

tah'u [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taq'u [[...]] 

How could it be that...

哪有 ...

tah'ui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taq'ui [[...]] 

Where?

那裡,何處

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

somewhat concave (e.g., a hand net, the bottom of chair long used)

凹陷

• taqtham [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'tham [[...]] 
  to step unexpectedly down a step, into a hole or into water
  踩陷

thwntah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thurn'tah [[...]] 

trample on, tread down, expenses for unexpected visitors either for food or for food and lodging, wasteful expense in entertaining visitors at a funeral or wedding

踐踏,蹧踏

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

be dislocated or put out of gear, have a miscarriage, be put out of joint

滑脫

• taqthut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah'thut [[...]] 
  make a false step so as to give one's self a wrench or a twist, as by missing a step on a ladder or stair, or as in stepping down to a lower level
  踩滑了腳

Ti taq? Ti tah'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ti taq? Ti taq'ui? [[...]] 

Where?

在那裡?

• Lie ti tah'ui thviakvix? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ti taq'ui thviaf'kvix? [[...]] 
  Where did you hear it?
  你在那裡聽的?

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

track of a wheel, rut

轍

• tah cientiet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tah cieen'tiet [[...]] 
  return to his former ways
  蹈前轍

tørtah lienhoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøx'tah lieen'hoef [[...]] 

breech presentation (obstetrics)

臀位生產

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