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giwkhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo'khuy [[...]] 

pull open, pull apart

拉開

• Laang teq oankef ee sii, lie na u hoatto ciu ka yn giwkhuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang teq oafn'kef ee sii, lie na u hoad'to ciu ka yn giuo'khuy. [[...]] 
  When people are fighting, if possible you should try to pull them apart.
  別人在吵架時,你如果有辦法就把他們拉開。

køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'ar; køef'ar [[...]] 

downtown, a small town with shops on both sides of the street

街上,小鎮

• Ty hiaf u cit ee ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ty hiaf u cit ee kef'ar. [[...]] 
  There is a small town over there.
  在那兒有一個小鎮。

• Y khix køe'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khix kef'ar.; Y khix køef'ar. [[...]] 
  she went downtown.
  她上街。

ke'khao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'khao [[...]] 

family

家庭

• Cit ke'khao go ee, u six ee za'bofee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit kef'khao go ee, u six ee zaf'bor'ee. [[...]] 
  One family has five person, four of them are female.
  一家五口,有四個女的。

ke'kiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kiarm [[...]] 

either much or a little, more or less, as much as possible

多少,盡量

• Lie ke'kiarm tekkhag u thauciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kef'kiarm teg'khag u thaw'ciah. [[...]] 
  I know that you have stolen something to eat, I don't know whether it was a lot or a little.
  你多少一定有偷吃。

• Y na u eeng ee sii ke'kiarm khuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y na u eeng ee sii kef'kiarm khuxn. [[...]] 
  Whenever he is free, he sleeps as long as he can.
  他要是一有空就盡量睡。

• Lie tiøh ke'kiarm ciah taxmpøqar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie tiøh kef'kiarm ciah tam'pøh'ar. [[...]] 
  You must eat as much as you can (to a sick person)
  你多少得吃一點 。

• ke'kiarm korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kiarm korng [[...]] 
  talk as much as possible, talk at random
  盡量講,隨便講

kelai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'lai [[...]] 

one's wife, all the family

家內,妻小

• Kelai taixkef u peng'afn `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kef'lai tai'kef u peeng'afn `bøo? [[...]] 
  Are all your family well?
  你一家大小都平安嗎?

Køenng badbat, tøf u phang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kef'nng bat'bat tøf u phang.; Køef'nng bat'bat, tøf u phang. [[...]] 

The closest affair has some hole in it.

雞蛋再密 也有縫,紙包不住火

khongkien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khofng'kien; (kien'khofng) [[...]] 

health, healthy

康健(健康)

• Goarn a'kofng iawkuo cyn khongkien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goarn af'kofng iao'kuo cyn khofng'kien. [[...]] 
  My grandfather is still very healthy.
  我祖父還很康健。

• Taixkef u khongkien `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'kef u khofng'kien `bøo? [[...]] 
  Is everyone well?
  大家健康嗎?

kongtoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'toaxn [[...]] 

arbitration, impartial judgment

公斷

• Uxlie ar bølie ho taixkef kongtoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U'lie ar bøo'lie ho tai'kef kofng'toaxn [[...]] 
  Let everyone come and judge if this is reasonable or not.
  有理或無理讓大家來公斷。

ta'kef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef [[...]] 

mother-in-law, husband's mother

婆婆

• ta'kef khoftok simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef khor'tok sym'pu [[...]] 
  mother-in-law too hard on the daughter-in-law
  婆婆虐待媳婦

• Ta'kef u zhuix, simpu bøo zhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taf'kef u zhuix, sym'pu bøo zhuix. [[...]] 
  The mother-in-law has the last say in everything, but the daughter-in-law has a say in nothing.
  婆婆有嘴,媳婦無嘴,媳婦總要聽命於婆婆。

tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf [[...]] 

particle used at the beginning of a clause, generally with the idea that the fact is not what was expected, well, indeed, yet, still, all, altogether

都,也

• Kenng badbat tøf u phang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kef'nng bat'bat tøf u phang.; Køef'nng bat'bat tøf u phang. [[...]] 
  Though an egg is sealed, yet is has pores. It is difficult to keep a matter absolutely secret.
  雞蛋再密也有縫,紙包不住火

• khaq zhøe tøf bøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq zhoe tøf bøo; khaq zhøe tøf bøo [[...]] 
  no matter how much one searches he cannot find it
  怎麼找也沒有

u kef bøo kiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u kef bøo kiarm [[...]] 

increase steadily, get steadily worse or serious

有增無減

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