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bafng'ar texng gukag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barng'ar texng guu'kag [[...]] 

doesn't feel it, only slightly affected, remains unperturbed (Lit. a mosquito to stings a bull's horn)

蚊子螫牛角,不在乎

• Bafng'ar texng laxnphaf, phvae phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Barng'ar texng lan'phaf, phvae phaq. [[...]] 
  be in dilemma, be driven to the wall (Lit. When a mosquito stings you in the scrotum, you have to be very careful how you go about swatting it.)
  蚊子螫陰囊,難打,棘手。

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。

zengtexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'texng [[...]] 

revise and enlarge, revised and enlarged book

增訂

zengterngpurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'texng'purn [[...]] 

revised and enlarged edition

增訂本

zha'khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'khit'ar [[...]] 

wooden stake, pile or post

木樁

• texng khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng khit'ar [[...]] 
  drive a stake into the ground with a hammer
  打木樁

• zhaq khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaq khit'ar [[...]] 
  push in a stake
  插木樁

zhai-terngheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai'texng'heng; zhai-texng'heng [[...]] 

become angry don't like to move

使性子坐著不動

• Høfphvae m tø korng, kannaf toax hiaf zhai-terngheng, ciaa zaiviar lie ee iesux? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hør'phvae m tø korng, kafn'naf toax hiaf zhai'texng'heng, ciaa zay'viar lie ee ix'sux?; Hør'phvae m tø korng, kafn'naf toax hiaf zhai-texng'heng, ciaa zay'viar lie ee ix'sux? [[...]] 
  You should say what's okay or not okay, if you just stand there and get angry who knows what you think.
  好或壞要講,只在那兒使性子坐著不動,誰知道你的意思?

chiamtexng habtoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiafm'texng hap'toong [[...]] 

sign a contract

簽訂合同

chiamtexng tiauiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiafm'texng tiaau'iog [[...]] 

sign a treaty

簽訂條約

zongtexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zofng'texng [[...]] 

bind pages into a volume or book

裝訂

efkao`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee [[...]] 

mute person

啞吧

• Efkao`ee ho phafng terngtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ea'kao`ee ho phafng texng'tiøh. [[...]] 
  be speechless or not allowed to complain after suffering a loss or being unjustly blamed (Lit. a mute is stung by a bee)
  啞吧吃黃蓮.

• efkao`ee tehsie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee teq'sie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). [[...]] 
  to be in a bad situation but unable to explain oneself, to be perplexed (Lit. a mute crushes his child).
  啞吧壓死自己的孩子(無話可說).

habterngpurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hap'texng'purn [[...]] 

bound volume

合訂本

kaytexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'texng [[...]] 

choose a new date (for a scheduled event), revise, a revision

改訂

• kayterngparn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'texng'parn [[...]] 
  revised edition
  改訂版

kaotexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaux'texng [[...]] 

revise

校訂

• kaoterngpurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaux'texng'purn [[...]] 
  revised edition
  校訂本

khit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khit; (khit'ar) [[...]] 

stake, post, piles

樁,札

• texng khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng khit'ar [[...]] 
  put up a post, to drive in a piles, stake (poles) into the ground
  打木樁

• zha'khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'khit'ar [[...]] 
  wooden peg (stake)
  木樁

mxternglangbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'texng'laang'bak [[...]] 

bad-looking (thing, action)

不好看,不順眼

mxternglang'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'texng'laang'ix [[...]] 

not according to one's desire, not to one's taste

不順人意

mxternglaang-thviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'texng'laang'thviaf; m'texng'laang-thviaf [[...]] 

speaking so that the other is not willing to hear

逆耳,不順耳

phafng terngtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phafng texng'tiøh [[...]] 

bee sting

蜂螫到

pixtexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pi'texng [[...]] 

be nailed

被釘

pixtexng sibjixkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pi'texng sip'ji'kex [[...]] 

be crucified

被釘十字架

pid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pid [[...]] 

crevice, rift, crack, fissure

裂,破

• pit'huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pid'huun [[...]] 
  crack or split in a cup or plank
  裂痕(紋)

• Kvoathvisii chiuo e pid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kvoaa'thvy'sii chiuo e pid. [[...]] 
  In cold weather one's hands will crack (chap)
  冬天手會裂。

• Zhaa na phagjit phak sviw kuo e pid (khix). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhaa na phak'jit phak sviw kuo e pid (khix).; Zhaa na phak'jit phak sviw kuo øe pid (khix). [[...]] 
  Wood will crack if left too long in the sun.
  木材要是晒太久會裂開。

• Cid tex tepoef u pid (pit'huun), mxkuo be lau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tex tee'poef u pid (pid'huun), m'kuo be lau.; Cid'tex tee'poef u pid (pid'huun), m'kuo bøe lau. [[...]] 
  This teacup is cracked, but it doesn't leak.
  這個茶杯有裂痕,可是不會漏。

• Tøe-tang liawau piaq u cyn ze pit'huun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Te-tang liao'au piaq u cyn ze pid'huun.; Tøe-tang liao'au piaq u cyn ze pid'huun. [[...]] 
  After an earthquake, there are many cracks in the walls.
  地震後牆有很多裂痕。

• Na texng sviw toa ky ee thihtefng, zhaa e pid khuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na texng sviw toa ky ee thiq'tefng, zhaa e pid khuy. [[...]] 
  If you use too thick a nail, the wood will split.
  要是釘太大的釘子,木頭會裂開。

svekyn terngtiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'kyn texng'tiaau; svef/svy'kyn texng'tiaau [[...]] 

take root in a place become rooted in

根深蒂固

siutexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'texng [[...]] 

revise

修訂

siuterngpurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'texng'purn; (siw'texng'parn) [[...]] 

revised edition

修訂本(版)

siutexng tiauiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'texng tiaau'iog [[...]] 

revise a treaty

修訂條約

tefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tefng [[...]] 

nail, spike

釘

• zha'tefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tefng [[...]] 
  wooden peg
  木釘

• gafntiongtefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: garn'tiofng'tefng [[...]] 
  nail in the eye — objectionable person or thing
  眼中釘

• kngrtefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kngx'tefng [[...]] 
  steel nail
  鋼釘

• losy-tefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loo'sy'tefng; loo'sy-tefng [[...]] 
  screw nail, bolt
  螺絲釘

• tektefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg'tefng [[...]] 
  bamboo pin used as a nail
  竹釘

• texng teng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng tefng'ar [[...]] 
  to hammer in a nail
  釘釘子

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

hit the center, accomplish, be hit, exact

中

• mxternglangbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m texng laang bak; m'texng'laang'bak [[...]] 
  unsightly thing or action
  不中人看

• mxternglang'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m texng laang ix; m'texng'laang'ix [[...]] 
  not according to one's desire, not to one's taste
  不中人意

• mxternglangthviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m texng laang thviaf; m'texng'laang'thviaf [[...]] 
  speaking so that the other is not willing to listen
  不中人聽

texng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng [[...]] 

to nail, to bind (books), wasps, mosquitoes) sting

釘

texng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng; (teng) [[...]] 

draw up or conclude (a contract, treaty, agreement), subscribe to (a magazine, newspaper), edit, collate, settle, arrange, to fix, make reservations (for a hotel, theater, restaurant)

訂

• siutexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'texng [[...]] 
  make amendments to
  修訂

texng be aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng be aan; texng bøe aan; (texng be tiaau) [[...]] 

the nail will not hold, impossible to nail it

釘不住

terngzexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'zexng; (teng'zexng) [[...]] 

revise, to correct, correct a mistake

訂正

terngzheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'zheq [[...]] 

bind a book

釘書

terngheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'heng [[...]] 

sulky and resentful (child, refusing to obey because it has been beaten)

賭氣

texng ho aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng ho aan; (texng ho tiaau) [[...]] 

nail securely

釘緊,釘住

terng'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'ix [[...]] 

to suit one's fancy or desire, agreeable to one's wishes

中意

• siøf terng'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf texng'ix [[...]] 
  man and wife fully agreeing and highly pleased with each other
  互相中意

texng kanlok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng kafn'lok [[...]] 

to spin a (toy) top

玩陀螺

texng khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng khit'ar [[...]] 

drive stakes or pickets, put stakes into the ground

打樁

terngkyn/terngkwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'kyn [[...]] 

to root, take root in

生根

• kyn texng bøo lo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kyn texng bøo lo [[...]] 
  the root has no direction in which it can penetrate
  根無地伸長

terngsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'sie [[...]] 

nail securely, crucify

釘死

texng sibjixkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng sip'ji'kex [[...]] 

crucify

釘十字架

terngsuky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'sw'ky [[...]] 

stapler

釘書機

terngte svekyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'te svef'kyn; texng'tøe svef/svy'kyn [[...]] 

rooted like a plant, taking a firm stance from which he cannot be moved, e.g., a wrestler, said in blaming a child who will not come when called

根深蒂固

texng teng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng tefng'ar [[...]] 

drive a nail, nail a nail, fix in place with a nail

釘釘子

terngthviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'thviaf [[...]] 

pleasant to the ear

中聽

terngtiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'tiarm [[...]] 

fruit or clothes) grow black specks

長,染,斑點

terngtiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'tiaau [[...]] 

to nail firm

釘住,釘緊

texng tiauiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng tiaau'iog; (teng tiaau'iog) [[...]] 

sign a treaty

訂條約

terngtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'tiøh [[...]] 

be bitten, be stung

叮到,螫到

• ho bafng'ar terngtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho barng'ar texng'tiøh [[...]] 
  be bitten by a mosquito
  被蚊子叮了

• ho phafng terngtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho phafng texng'tiøh [[...]] 
  be stung by a wasp
  被蜂螫了

terngtok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng'tok [[...]] 

venomous

惡毒

tviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviax; (texng) [[...]] 

weigh anchor

碇,錨

• khytviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'tviax [[...]] 
  anchor
  起碇

• pha'tviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaf'tviax [[...]] 
  to anchor
  下碇,拋錨

• thengtviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: theeng'tviax [[...]] 
  lie at anchor while calling a at port
  停碇

tiorngthviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tioxng'thviaf; (texng'thviaf) [[...]] 

pleasant to the ear

中聽

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