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ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'say ⬆︎ [[...]]

stone lion found at the entrance of many temples

石獅

phaq ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq ciøh'say ⬆︎ [[...]]
carve a stone lion
彫石獅

iong padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say; iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør/buo zefng ciøh'say ⬆︎ [[...]]
use someone for your own advantage, to hurt someone for one's own benefits (Lit. use someone else's fist to carve a stone dragon.)
用別人的拳頭打石獅,損人利己。

eng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng; (iong) ⬆︎ [[...]]

use, spend, with (an instrument)

用

Eng padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say.; Eng pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør/buo zefng ciøh'say. ⬆︎ [[...]]
benefit oneself (get a free ride) at the expense of another, be generous at another's expense, rob Peter to pay Paul
用別人的拳頭打石獅, 損人利己, 慷人之慨.

eng sva'afky phex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng svaf'ar'ky phex ⬆︎ [[...]]
carry some something in the fold of one's dress
用衣服的下擺兜

eng siøf ang'aang ee thiq ux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng siøf aang'aang ee thiq ux ⬆︎ [[...]]
make the iron red-hot and burn with it (to make a hole or mark)
用燒紅的鐵烙

eng tek'ar sud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng teg'ar sud ⬆︎ [[...]]
beat or switch with a thin bamboo
用竹子抽打

eng tefng'ar terng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng terng'ar terng ⬆︎ [[...]]
weigh with a small steelyard
用戥子戥

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.
DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)
Maryknoll: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)
TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).
EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.
Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)
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TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.