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zhve'hoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef'hoafn [[...]] 

aborigines of Taiwan, an unruly fellow, unreasonable

生蕃,不講理

zhve'mr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef'mr; (chvy'mr) [[...]] 

honorific title given to the mothers of married couple, which term is used by the families of the couple

親家母

zhvengg putciab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef'ngg pud'ciab [[...]] 

The old grain is used up before the harvest of the new crop A period of insufficiency to tide over

青黃不接

zhoahzhvesae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoaq'zhvef'sae; zhoaq'zhvef/chvy'sae [[...]] 

children who have an involuntary stool because of fear

小孩因驚嚇而解的綠便。

hoafnzhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'zhvef; hoarn'zhvef/chvy [[...]] 

turn green out of fear

變青色

jintøe zhvesof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'te zhvef'sof; jiin'tøe zhvef/chvy'sof [[...]] 

have trouble getting about in a strange land because of unfamiliarity with the local people and their customs

人地生疏

khvoarkvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'kvix [[...]] 

see, perceive by sight, happen to see, to see without the pre-determined purpose or intention of looking at, have the faculty or power of seeing

看見,看到,見過

• Lie u khvoarkvix kin'afjit ee pørzoar `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie u khvoax'kvix kyn'ar'jit ee pøx'zoar `bøo? [[...]] 
  Did you see today's paper? (Did you know where it is?)
  你有沒有看到今天的報紙?

• Lie u khvoax kin'afjit ee pørzoar `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie u khvoax kyn'ar'jit ee pøx'zoar `bøo? [[...]] 
  Did you look at (read) today's paper yet?
  今天的報紙你看了嗎?

• Goar mxbad khvoarkvix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar m'bad khvoax'kvix. [[...]] 
  I have never seen that.
  我沒見過。

• Lie bad khvoarkvix hor `bøo? Na iao mxbad, larn laikhix khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie bad khvoax'kvix hor `bøo? Na iao m'bad, larn laai'khix khvoax. [[...]] 
  Have you ever seen a tiger? If you have not, let's go and take a look.
  你見過老虎嗎? 要是沒有,我們去看

• Zhvemee`ee bøo khvoarkvix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhvef'mee`ee bøo khvoax'kvix.; Zhvef/Chvy'mee`ee bøo khvoax'kvix. [[...]] 
  A blind man cannot see. (does not have the faculty of seeing)
  瞎子沒看見。

• Goar khix svoaterng ee sii, u khvoarkvix goanzuxbiin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar khix svoaf'terng ee sii, u khvoax'kvix goaan'zu'biin. [[...]] 
  When I went up to the mountains, I saw the Aborigines.
  我去山上的時候,看到了原住民。

kviazhve'hun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaf'zhvef'hun; kviaf'zhvef/chvy'hun [[...]] 

timid, cowardly (of stranger)

怕生人

liaxm-kaq ochvy-kek'høeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liaxm kaq of'zhvef keg'hoeq; liaxm-kaq of'chvy-keg'høeq [[...]] 

pinch and bruise severely

擰得烏青瘀血

mr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mr [[...]] 

wife of father's older brother

伯母

• a'mr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'mr [[...]] 
  wife of father's older brother
  伯母

• zhve'mr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef'mr [[...]] 
  mother of son-in-law or of daughter-in-law
  親家母

ozhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'zhvef; (of'chvy) [[...]] 

bruise, the skin assumes a dark blue color either by bruise or a subcutaneous injection

皮下瘀血,瘀傷

• phaq kaq ochvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq kaq of'chvy [[...]] 
  beat a person black and blue
  打得皮下瘀血

siuxzhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'zhvef; siu'zhvef/chvy; (siu'sefng) [[...]] 

star of old age (portrayed as a very old man with a large head), a person on his birthday

壽星

siuxsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'sefng; (siu'zhvef) [[...]] 

the host of birthday party, a reference to a person on his birthday, the god of longevity

壽星

soahzhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soaq'zhvef; soaq'zhvef/chvy; (soaq'sefng) [[...]] 

malignant star (usually said of a person) that brings war, deaths, calamities, disasters

煞星

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