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antvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

safe hit in the sport of baseball

安打

bøtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

timid, coward

膽小

bøo-tvafkirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvar'kirn; bøo-tvar'kirn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

very affable, compliant, accommodating, not only but also

不打緊,反而

• Y (puttan) cvii m heeng goar, bøtvafkirn køq ka goar phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y (pud'tan) cvii m heeng goar, bøo'tvar'kirn køq ka goar phaq. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Not only did he refuse to pay me the money, he beat me up.
  他錢不還我,反而打我。

chitcied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'cied ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

discount of 30 percent

七折

• Tvar chitcied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvar chid'cied ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  adjust price to 70 percent of the original (30 percent discount)
  打七折

cyn zaixtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cyn zai'tvar; (tvar'thaau zai) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

very courageous

膽壯

zoxtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zo'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

encourage

壯膽

zoa'tvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoaa'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

gall or bile of a snake used as medicine

蛇膽

zoanluytvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoaan'luie'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

home run, a homer

全壘打

zorngtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoxng'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

be courageous, very bold, strengthen one's courage

壯膽

gøxsyn siongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gø'syn sioong'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

endure hardships to accomplish some ambition, determination for revenge (Lit. an allusion to the King of Yueh (越王勾踐) who slept on firewood for a mattress and had a gall bladder hung over his bed to remind him of the bitterness (gall) of his defeat so

臥薪嘗膽

goxngtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gong'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

recklessness, rash

愚蒙輕率的,傻勁

himtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiim'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bear's gall prepared as medicine

熊膽

høfhvafthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'hvar'thaau ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

good outward appearance, dominant (power).

外表威武

• Y si høfhvafthaau niaxnia, kisit cyn bøo tvar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si hør'hvar'thaau nia'nia, kii'sit cyn bøo tvar. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  He only has a fierce appearance actually he is very shy.
  他是外表威武而已,其實是膽子小。

høftvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bold, brave, valor

大膽

itborng tvafcin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'borng tvar'cin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

take the whole at one haul, e.g., one man taking the whole of what should have been shared with others, make a wholesale arrest of

一網打盡

• Ciofng phvaylaang itborng tvafcin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciofng phvae'laang id'borng tvar'cin. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  arrest all the crooks at once
  將壞人一網打盡。

khoftvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bile

苦膽

khuttvar sengciaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khud'tvar seeng'ciaw ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

confess under torture to a crime one hasn't committed

屈打成招

kongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

mount an attack, assault

攻打

• Ho cit toaxtin laang kongtvar kaq cyn lixhai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ho cit toa'tin laang kofng'tvar kaq cyn li'hai. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  He was beat up by a big bunch of people.
  被一大群人攻打得很利害。

lektvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leg'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

loose courage, be scared

膽怯,膽慄

løo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

drag for, fish up, dredge for, drag out of the water, to salvage

撈

• tvafløo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'løo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  salvage
  打撈

• zuytøea løo goat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'tea løo goat; zuie'tøea løo goat ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  grasp the moon in the water — vain and ineffective effort
  水底撈月,空想而無所得

lo tvar putpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lo tvar pud'peeng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

indignant at injustice toward others

路抱不平

luie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: luie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

military wall, rampart, pile, base (in baseball), pile up, lay on each other

壘

• boafnluie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'luie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  bases full
  滿壘

• zoanluytvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoaan'luie'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  homer
  全壘打

• itluie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'luie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  first base
  一壘

• itluychiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'luie'chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  first baseman
  一壘手

• pwnluie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: purn'luie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  home base
  本壘

luitaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: luii'taai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

platform for contests in martial arts

擂臺

• tvar luitaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar luii'taai; (phaq luii'taai) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  contest in martial arts
  打擂臺

gvoxsyn siongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvo'syn sioong'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

goad oneself ahead by depriving oneself all daily comfort and subjecting oneself to life's bitterness, nurse vengeance (Lit. lie on faggots and taste gall)

臥薪嘗膽

oklaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: og'laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

wicked, bad man, fierce, savage man, overbearing, imperious man

惡人

• oklaang bøtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: og'laang bøo'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  apparently bold but frightened when resisted, bully
  惡人無膽量

pan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pan; (hurn) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

dress up, disguise oneself, dress, ornament

扮

• laam pan lie zofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laam pan lie zofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  man dressed up as a woman
  男扮女裝

• lie pan laam zofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lie pan laam zofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  woman dressed as a man
  女扮男裝

• tvafpan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'pan ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  dress up, adorn
  打扮

phaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq; (tvar) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

strike, to beat, to hit, smash, to attack, to fight, to knock, to play, to shoot, to cause (use as an auxiliary), copulate, to mate

打,拍

• siøphaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'phaq ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  fight with fists, to fight (birds, fowls)
  打架

• siøphahkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'phaq'kef ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  fighting cock, said of man seeking a quarrel
  鬥雞

phoartvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

scared, be astounded, lose courage, be frightened out of one's wits, become terrified

破膽

• kviaf kaq phoartvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaf kaq phoax'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  be flabbergasted, be frightened out of one's wits
  嚇破了膽

pientvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piefn'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

flog with a whip, flagellate

鞭打

pvoartvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

half a dozen, six

半打

søezngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef'zngf; søef'zngf ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

comb the hair and doll up (said of a woman)

梳粧

• søezngf-tvafpan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef'zngf tvar'pan; søef'zngf-tvar'pan ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  adorn one's self, to make up
  梳粧打扮

• søezngf-taai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef'zngf'taai; søef'zngf'taai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  dresser, dressing table, a vanity
  梳粧台

sektvar pauthiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seg'tvar paw'thiefn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

extremely daring in lewdness

色膽包天

siangtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siafng'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

play doubles (in tennis), doubles

雙打

sittvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sid'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

lose courage

失膽

sotvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sof'tvar; (sox'tax) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

soda

蘇打

tvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar; (phaq) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to beat, to strike, to hit, to fight, to attack, to make, do blow, stroke

打

• awtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ao'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  beat violently
  毆打

• bøo-tvafkirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo tvar'kirn; bøo-tvar'kirn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  impudently make light of a just request, to count of little importance
  反而

• itborng tvafcin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'borng tvar'cin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  catch all at one cast of the net — round up all (the criminals, rebels or other undesirable elements)
  一網打盡

tvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

dozen

打

• cidtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  dozen
  一打

• pvoartvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  half-a-dozen
  半打

tvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar; (tarm) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

gall (said to be the seat of courage), bravery, courage, audacity

膽

• bøtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  timid, cowardly
  膽小

• zoxtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zo'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  encourage
  壯膽

• høftvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  courageous, bold
  大膽

• lektvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leg'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  lose courage
  膽怯

• phoartvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  scared, lose courage, get terrified, be frightened out of one's wits
  破膽

• toaxtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  bold, daring, dauntless, fearless, audacious
  大膽

tvafzah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'zah ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

look after, care for, attend to, support, assist, help

照顧,支援

tvafzhao kviazoaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'zhao kviaf'zoaa ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

beat the grass and startle the snakes — frighten out of cover

打草驚蛇

tvafciab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'ciab ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bile

膽汁

tvafcied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'cied ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to discount, at a discount

打折

• tvar kao cied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar kao cied ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  give a ten percent discount
  打九折

tvafciøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'ciøh ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

gallstone

膽石

tvafhoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'hoad ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to dispatch, send away

打發

tvafiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'iam ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

inflammation of the gall bladder

膽(囊)炎

tvar iukeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar iuu'keg ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

engage in guerrilla warfare, (humorously) to use, borrow, or take another's belongings without permission, to board or lodge at one place after another without payment

打游擊

tvafjiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'jiao; (zag'zø) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to disturb, to bother, to trouble

打擾

tvafkag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'kag ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

oblique angle, bevel angle

斜對角

tvafkeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'keg ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

blow, shock, hit, (in baseball) hitting, batting

打擊

• siu tvafkeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu tvar'keg ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  receive a blow (shock)
  受打擊

• Thaethaix sie khix, y siu toa tvafkeg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaix'thaix sie khix, y siu toa tvar'keg. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  His wife's death was a great blow to him
  太太去世,他受打擊很大。

tvafkeklut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'keg'lut ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

batting average

打擊率

tvafkek'oong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'keg'oong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

big time hitter in baseball

打擊王

tvafkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'khix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

pump up with air (c.f., "goan-hong"), invigorate, encourage, give a pep talk, (c.f., "ka-iu")

打氣

tvafkiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'kiab ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

take by force, to plunder, commit robbery or pillage

打劫

tvar-kietciøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar kied'ciøh; tvar-kied'ciøh ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

gall stones

膽結石

tvafloong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'loong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

gall bladder, bile bladder

膽囊

tvafloong-iam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'loong'iam; tvar'loong-iam ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

cholelithiasis, cholecysttis, inflammation of the gall bladder

膽囊炎

tvafpai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'pai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to suffer a defeat, be defeated in battle

打敗

tvafpan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'pan ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to make up (said of a woman, actor or actress), to dress up, dressed like

打扮

tvar phau putpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar phau pud'peeng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

help victims of injustice, try to redress an injustice to the weak

打抱不平

tvafsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'siaw ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

cancel, abolish, give up (an intention)

打消

tvafsiaw si'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'siaw sii'ix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

withdraw a resignation

打消辭意

tvafthay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'thay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

intentional abortion

打胎

tvaftharng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'tharng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

seal up a coffin awaiting burial

停柩

tvafthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'thaau ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

courage

膽量

• u tvafthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u tvar'thaau ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  brave, courageous, bold
  有膽量

• tvafthaau zai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'thaau zai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  daring, self-composed
  有膽量

tvaftiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'tiap ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

maltreat (as a woman does to a female slave), to torture

虐待,整人

tvaftør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'tør ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

knock down, to overthrow, (in slogans) down with...

打倒

• tvaftør teakokzwgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'tør tex'kog'zuo'gi ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Down with imperialism!
  打倒帝國主義

tvaftor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'tor ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

make a bet, to wager

打賭

tvar toa paw thvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar toa paw thvy ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

extremely audacious, recklessly bold

膽大包天

tvar toa sym søex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar toa sym sex; tvar toa sym søex ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

brave but cautious, courageous but careful or circumspect

膽大心細

tarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tarm; (tvar) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

the gall, courage, bravery, audacity

膽

• gøxsyn siongtarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gø'syn sioong'tarm ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  lie on faggots and taste gall — nurse vengeance
  臥薪嚐膽

tantvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafn'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

tennis singles

單打

thay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thay; (thef) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

pregnant womb, fetus, embryo, begin, commence

胎

• anthay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'thay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  quiet the womb and prevent miscarriage
  安胎

• siuxthay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'thay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  be pregnant, conceive
  受胎

• tvafthay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'thay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  abort, abortion
  打胎

• tauthay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taau'thay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  enter into the embryonic state (e.g., a spirit becoming incarnate)
  投胎

• tuixthay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tui'thay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  abort, abortion
  墮胎

thesym tiaotvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thee'sym tiaux'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

be scared, cautious and anxious, jittery, wary

提心吊膽

thorngtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoxng'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to beat soundly, give a severe thrashing

痛打

tiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiap ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

maltreat, annoy, to tease, to strike, to hit

打,折磨,整人

• tvaftiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar'tiap ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  maltreat, to torture
  虐待,整人

tioxngtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiong'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

heavy beating

重打

toaxtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bold, daring, dauntless, fearless, audacious

大膽

toafntvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toarn'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bunt, to bunt (in baseball)

短打

togtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tok'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

cruel beating

毒打

tuietvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix'tvar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

fight each other, exchange blows

對打

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