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Input was: u:hor'phoee; hor'phøee.
DFT (1)- 🗣 hofphøee 🗣 (u: hor'phoee phee hor'phøee) 虎皮 [wt][mo] hóo-phuê/hóo-phê
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|| 老虎的皮。
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
Maryknoll (3)
- hofphøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hor'phoee; hor'phøee [[...]]
- tiger skin
- 虎皮
- laang sie laau miaa, hor sie laau phoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang sie laau miaa, hor sie laau phoee; laang sie laau miaa, hor sie laau phøee [[...]]
- as a tiger dies and leaves his skin, so a man leaves his reputation behind
- 人死留名,虎死留皮
- Oe hor, oe phoee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Oe hor, oe phoee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym.; Oe hor, oe phøee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym. [[...]]
- One may know a person by his face, but can't read his mind. Don't trust people too easily. (Lit. One can draw a tiger and its skin, but it is impossible to draw its bone.)
- 畫虎、畫皮、難畫骨，知人、知面、不知心。