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khanbarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafn'barn [[...]] 

last for along time, lasting, durable

能持久的

• u khanbarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u khafn'barn [[...]] 
  can last for a long time
  能持久的

• bøo khanbarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo khafn'barn [[...]] 
  can't last for a long time
  不能持久的

khanchyn bafnzheg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafn'chyn barn'zheg [[...]] 

seek special favor or help from somebody by elaborating on one's relationship (usually remote and indirect) with him, to try to cement ties or establish connections with an ulterior motive

拉關係(牽親挽戚)

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。

søeahaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn; søex'haxn [[...]] 

short or small (in stature), in childhood

矮小,年少

• seahaxn ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn ee sii [[...]] 
  When one was a child
  小的時候

• 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 as a child you steal gourds, as an adult, you'll steal cows. — as the twig is bent, so grows the tree
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

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