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apphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ab'phoax [[...]] 

crush to pieces

壓破

bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor [[...]] 

wife

妻

• angbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afng'bor [[...]] 
  husband and wife
  夫妻

• zhoaxbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoa'bor [[...]] 
  marry a wife
  娶妻

• Bøo bor bøo kaau, zhexngsvaf phoax kengthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo bor bøo kaau, zheng'svaf phoax kefng'thaau. [[...]] 
  No wife to mend my clothes, Such is life without a wife
  無妻無子,衣破無人補

zatlat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zad'lat [[...]] 

to estimate one's strength or resources before acting, estimate one's own ability act according to one's strength

量力

• Bøeq texng hid khoarn pang'ar, aix siøfkhoar zatlat, na bøo, øe texng phoax khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq texng hid khoarn pafng'ar, aix siør'khoar zad'lat, na bøo, e texng phoax khix.; Bøeq texng hid khoarn pafng'ar, aix siør'khoar zad'lat, na bøo, øe texng phoax khix. [[...]] 
  If you are going to nail down that kind of board, you have to be careful how hard you hit it or you will bust the board.
  要釘那種木板要稍微量力,否則會釘破。

zhaiphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhay'phoax [[...]] 

penetrate the meaning, to guess the meaning

猜破

chiaxngtiøh phoarpve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiang'tiøh phoax'pve; chiang'tiøh phoax'pve/pvi [[...]] 

hindered by sickness

湊巧生病

• Chiang`tiøh phoarpve soaq bøextaxng khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiang'tiøh phoax'pve soaq be'taxng khix.; Chiang`tiøh phoax'pve/pvi soaq bøe'taxng khix. [[...]] 
  I couldn't go, owing to illness.
  湊巧生病而不能去。

chiørphoax laang ee zhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøx'phoax laang ee zhuix [[...]] 

be overwhelmed with laughter, to roll with laughter

笑破人肚皮

zhw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhw [[...]] 

lay, spread out a carpet or mattress

鋪

• Zhw ti khehthviaf hid niar textharn si Suixsu zex ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhw ti kheq'thviaf hid niar te'tharn si Sui'su zex ee. [[...]] 
  The carpet that is spread out in the reception room was made in Switzerland
  鋪在客廳的那張地毯是瑞士製的。

• Zhw cit niar phoarsvaf toax tho'khaf ho kawar khuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhw cit niar phoax'svaf toax thoo'khaf ho kao'ar khuxn. [[...]] 
  Spread a rag on the floor for the dog to sleep on.
  鋪一件破衣在地上給狗睡。

• zhubinzhngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhw'biin'zhngg [[...]] 
  make the bed, make up the bed
  鋪床

zhutphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'phoax [[...]] 

reveal a secret, become known like a secret, to leak out a secret

顯露,洩露

• Lie na zøx phvae, zafban e zhutphoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na zøx phvae, zar'ban e zhud'phoax. [[...]] 
  If you do evil, it will leak out sooner or later.
  你要是做壞事,早晚會洩漏。

ciw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw [[...]] 

section (of fruit)

塊

• Cid liap onglaai bøeq phoax zøx kuie ciw? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid liap oong'laai boeq phoax zøx kuie ciw?; Cid liap oong'laai bøeq phoax zøx/zøex kuie ciw? [[...]] 
  Into how many pieces do we want to divide this pineapple?
  這個鳳梨要切成幾塊?

giaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giaq; (giao) [[...]] 

lance and remove a foreign object with a needle

撥,挑

• giahphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giaq'phoax [[...]] 
  break the skin (as to discharge the matter of a boil) with a needle, break (the skin with a needle to open a boil)
  挑破

høefthaukwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'thaau'kwn; høea'thaau'kwn [[...]] 

mess cook for soldiers

火頭軍,炊事兵

• Thaethaix teq phoarpve, goar tiøh zøx høefthaukwn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaix'thaix teq phoax'pve, goar tiøh zøx hoea'thaau'kwn.; Thaix'thaix teq phoax'pve/pvi, goar tiøh zøx høea'thaau'kwn. [[...]] 
  Because my wife is sick, I have to be my own cook.
  太太病了,我 得下廚。

kaq mxsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq m'si [[...]] 

since...not

既不是

• Lie kaq mxsi phoarpve, nar bøo aix khix haghau? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau?; Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve/pvi, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau? [[...]] 
  Since you are not sick, why don't you want to attend school?
  你既不是生病,為何不去學校?

• Mih kaq mxsi kea ee, lie khix chviar symmihlaang laai khvoax ia bøo iaokirn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Mih kaq m'si kea ee, lie khix chviar sirm'miq'laang laai khvoax ia bøo iaux'kirn. [[...]] 
  Since the things are not false, it doesn't make any difference whom you ask to look at them.
  貨既不是假的,你去請誰來看也沒有關係。

khaq bøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq be; khaq bøe [[...]] 

less likely to

較不會,較不容易

• Goar kixnlaai khaq bøe phoarpve. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar kin'laai khaq be phoax'pve.; Goar kin/kun'laai khaq bøe phoax'pve/pvi. [[...]] 
  Lately I have been less likely to get sick.
  我近來較不易生病。

khvoarphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'phoax [[...]] 

see through (trick, falseness), decide to quit (after seeing through), discern

看破,看開

• khvoarphoax y ee peqzhat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'phoax y ee peh'zhat [[...]] 
  see through his lie
  看破他的謊言

• khvoarphoax seazeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'phoax sex'zeeng [[...]] 
  see through the vanity of the world
  看破世情

khuiphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khuy'phoax [[...]] 

explain why and how

開破,說明

• Gyn'ar maix kannaf iong phaq ee, aix khuiphoax ho y thviaf ciaq u hau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Girn'ar maix kafn'naf iong phaq ee, aix khuy'phoax ho y thviaf ciaq u hau. [[...]] 
  Don't just hit a child, for better results explain why its wrong and how to change.
  小孩子不要只用打的,應解釋給他聽才有用。

korngphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koxng'phoax [[...]] 

to break with a blow, to shatter

打破

phox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phox; (phor, phoax) [[...]] 

split, cut open, asunder, lay open, disclose, decide, explain, analyze, to judge

剖

• kayphox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'phox [[...]] 
  analyze, dissect
  解剖

• kayphorhak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'phox'hak [[...]] 
  anatomy
  解剖學

phoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax; (phøx) [[...]] 

break, to split, to ruin, defeat, conquer, discover, expose, to tear, broken, ruined, injured, destroyed

破

• zhutphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'phoax [[...]] 
  become known (e.g., a secret)
  暴露

• khvoarphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'phoax [[...]] 
  see through a thing, give up, to abandon
  看破,看開

• kofngphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'phoax [[...]] 
  tell the particulars
  說穿

• korngphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koxng'phoax [[...]] 
  break with a blow
  打破

• phahphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'phoax [[...]] 
  break upon, break with a blow
  打破

• piakphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piag'phoax [[...]] 
  break by cracking (a pot, glass)
  裂破,迸破

phoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax; (phor) [[...]] 

split, to cut in two, lay upon, disclose

剖

phoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax; (pheg) [[...]] 

split open, to rend, to rive

劈

phoarzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'zhuix [[...]] 

smashed, broken to slivers

破碎

phoargoaxlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'goa'lo [[...]] 

distance from end of journey still far off, a long way to travel yet

還差很遠

phoarkeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'keq [[...]] 

exception to a rule, practice, make an exception, abnormal, describing bad habits that make others feel uncomfortable, such as talking in loud, unpleasant voice

違背常習的,怪習使人不適的。

phoarko'koo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'koo'koo [[...]] 

ragged (clothes), smashed to smithereens

破破爛爛

phoarle [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'le [[...]] 

break a precedent, make an exception (to a rule, common practices)

破例

phoarthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'thor [[...]] 

break ground (for a building project), break a bit of the plaster of a house to be repaired

破土

phogphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phok'phoax; (pok'phoax) [[...]] 

blow up, to blast, demolish with explosives

爆破

piarngphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piaxng'phoax [[...]] 

splitting (with a headache), be punctured, to burst up

繃破

siag`phoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siag'phoax; siag`phoax [[...]] 

dash to pieces (a dish), break something by dashing it on the ground

摔破

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

to break by stepping on

踏破

tvex phoarpve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvex phoax'pve; tvex/tvix phoax'pve/pvi [[...]] 

pretend to be ill, malinger

裝病

tehphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'phoax [[...]] 

to break by crushing

壓破

thyphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thie'phoax [[...]] 

rend apart, tear apart, rip to pieces

撕破

thiahphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiaq'phoax [[...]] 

break or destroy by tearing, tear into pieces, pull to pieces

拆破

thuhphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thuq'phoax [[...]] 

expose a man's pretensions, to break with the end of a pole or bamboo

刺破

tiafmphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiarm'phoax [[...]] 

give a hint to a man so that he may understand, especially , some secret plot or unseen danger, explain something difficult to understand, to unravel (a mystery)

點破

tviux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviux; (tioxng) [[...]] 

swelling (especially dropsical) of the belly, the feeling of overloaded stomach or of indigestion

脹

• ciah kaq paktor giong boeq tviuophoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah kaq pag'tor giong boeq tviux'phoax; ciah-kaq pag'tor giong bøeq tviux'phoax [[...]] 
  eat till ready to burst
  吃得快要脹破肚子

• kofng'oe tviuophoax laang ee paktor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'oe tviux'phoax laang ee pag'tor [[...]] 
  talk in such an irritating way as to make the hearer burst with rage
  講話笑破人的肚皮

• paftviux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: par'tviux [[...]] 
  having eaten too much
  飽脹

• paktor tviuotviux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pag'tor tviux'tviux [[...]] 
  belly overloaded or swollen
  肚子脹

tudphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tut'phoax [[...]] 

break or smash (old records), to break through

突破

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