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screens; do not spoil the play by bringing into view the puppets that cast their shadows on the screen.
- tîeh màiⁿ thăng phùa thâu, cē thăng phùa thâu cū cong-kú àiⁿ;
- do not begin, else you will always be wanting to do it.
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- To rive; to split; to rend.
- phùa châ;
- split wood.
- phùa cò̤ nŏ pôiⁿ;
- split it in two.
- phùa cò̤ sì lìam;
- split it into quarters.
- phùa m̄ lô̤h;
- I can't split it.
- phùa châ, thóiⁿ châ sì;
- in splitting wood consider which way the grain lies.
- phùa tek-bih;
- make bamboo splints.
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- An old woman, a dame, a crone, a hag.
- kong-phûa;
- an old couple.
- i lâi pài ún kâi kong-phûa;
- they came to pay their respects to our old people.
- kong-phûa bó̤ pó̤-hō̤;
- may the god of the bedstead grant a blessing.
- lău phûa;
- a grandfather's concubine.
- bûe phûa;
- a matchmaker.
- thóiⁿ sìaⁿ phûa;
- an old female spirit medium.
- i seⁿ lâi a-phûa mīn a-phûa mīn;
- he has a face like an old woman's.
- thái-kò̤ phua;
- a crone who is a leper.
- i tó̤ tng sau-phûa;
- she keeps a brothel.
- sau-phûa âi;
- an old woman who has charge of a bagnio.
phuaⁿ
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- To trip up a horse.
- hṳ́ kò̤ soiⁿ mâiⁿ-hôk phùaⁿ-bé-so̤h tó̤ táng i lâi;
- first set a lasso for the horse's feet, and then await his arrival.
- i kâi bé khṳt phùaⁿ-bé-so̤hⁿ phùaⁿ tó̤, nâng īa pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
- his horse was tripped up by the rope stretched to trip him, and the rider fell off.
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- To purchase for retailing.
- nín kâi hùe tŏ̤ tī-kò̤ phùaⁿ lâi?;
- Where do you buy the goods that you sell?
- cá-cá cū cĭeⁿ tîeⁿ khṳ̀ phùaⁿ hùe;
- goes early to the market to get the goods he is to peddle.
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- A decision; a verdict; an official judgment.
- tn̂g-phùaⁿ chau chut lâi thóiⁿ;
- copy out the official decision for examination.
- thóiⁿ i kâi tn̂g-phùaⁿ cò̤-nî phùaⁿ;
- see what verdict shall be given.
- phùaⁿ cúa-khò;
- decide what is well or badly written in a copy-book, as a teacher does for his pupil.
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- A comrade, a fellow, an associate; to follow, to attend on.
- sĭ i kâi tâng-phŭaⁿ;
- it is his companion.
- i pái mêⁿ tó̤ phŭaⁿ lêng;
- he every night keeps the manes company, by sleeping near the coffin.
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- pûe-phŭaⁿ nâng-kheh tó̤ cŏ̤;
- sitting with a guest.
- ŭ nâng sie phŭaⁿ a-bô̤?;
- Is there any one with him?
- bô̤ nâng sie phŭaⁿ;
- without companionship.
- kâi sĭ tṳ phŭaⁿ hóⁿ mî;
- it is like to the dog offering himself to the tiger as a bed-fellow.
- bô̤ phŭaⁿ, kù-chṳ́ m̄ cê g khṳ̀;
- did not go because I had no one to go with me.
- mêⁿ-hng lâi sie phŭaⁿ lāu-jîet cē;
- come this evening and enjoy the entertainment with us.
- bô̤ mûeh hó̤ phŭaⁿ chíu;
- I have nothing to take in my hand (to give ease of manner).
phuah
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- A downward stroke in writing.
- cêk phuah kùe lâi cêk phuah kùe khṳ̀;
- two downward strokes, one inclining to the left and the other to the right.
- tíam sĭ tíam, phuah sĭ phuah, màiⁿ thèng sía;
- a dot is a dot and a dash is a dash, do not make these indiscriminately.
- lâu nŏ̤ phuah chiu;
- had a moustache.
- nŏ̤ phuah bâi ngía căi, sìu-sìu;
- had beautiful tufted eyebrows, neither too heavy nor too thin.
- pit cē khô̤h tîeh bâk, cū phuah m̄ khui;
- if your pen is stock up with dry ink it will not make a smooth stroke.
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- To throw water down; a dash of water; vigorous.
- hŏ phuah cêk sin;
- the rain has splashed all over me.
- i taⁿ kau-cúi khṳ̀ phuah chài;
- he is carrying water from the ditch and watering the vegetables.
- i kâi nâng ûah-phuah căi;
- he is in very good spirits.
- ûah-ûah phuah-phuah kâi nâng;
- a very lively person.
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- To put on fertilizers.
- phuah châng;
- to put fertilizers on the fields.
- khîa ki sìⁿ tó̤ phuah huang;
- had a fan and was fanning himself.
- phuah huang-lô;
- fan the fire in the earthen stove.
- phuah i chìn;
- cool it by fanning it.
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- character seems to be missing a "dot" The gait of a sprained horse.
- i kîaⁿ lō phûah-a-phûah;
- in walking he crosses his legs, as does an ox weak in the legs, or as a very old man.
- tâng-cá cêk ciah hóⁿ phûah-a-phûah kîaⁿ tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;
- a little while ago a tiger went ambling along here.
phue
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- Unbaked clay vessels; unburnt tiles or pottery, ready for the oven.
- c̤̀o kâi phue tŏ̤-kò̤, būe cêng sie;
- have the pot
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