磨
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To grind; to polish; to over bear; to reduce to powder.
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bûa cîeh;
a grind stone.
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bûa to̤ cîeh;
a whet stone.
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bûa lāi-lāi;
sharpen by grinding.
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bûa pêh-pêh;
scour it white.
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bûa pêⁿ-pêⁿ;
grind it till it is even.
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bûa ciam-ciam;
grind it off to a point.
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bûa pô̤h-pô̤h;
grind it down thin.
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bûa to̤;
to grind a knife.
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bûa chèng;
polish a gun.
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bûa kìaⁿ;
polish a mirror.
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bûa kàu nĕ kim-kim;
polish to a great brilliancy.
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ēng îeh
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bûa kàn nĕ kng-kng, cìe-kiⁿ nang;
use powder and rub it till it is very smooth, so you can see your face in it.
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cîeh bûa kàu kng-kût kng-kût;
polish stones so that they shine.
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bûa hun-kuah hún;
make potato flour.
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bûa khàm;
to scan, in order to criminate the writer of a document.
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bûa līen;
to pass through affliction.
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màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;
do not grind him down too severely.
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bûa-lêk khah thíam;
treated him with too extreme harshness.
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bûa-lūi nâng;
to overbear people.
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bûa kàu sí;
to treat so harshly as to kill.
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kang ji chut thân, bûa cîaⁿ lău kâu;
when working people make themselves conspicuous they will get reduced to the condition of apes.
勞
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To drudge; to toil hard; to moil.
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bûa mêⁿ;
to do night work.
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màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;
do not toil too closely.
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bûa khah hêk cū àiⁿ sieⁿ tîeh;
if you moil too severely you will suffer for it afterward.
近
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To approach; to bring near; close beside; near to.
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cha m̄ bûa;
cannot bring them together.
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màiⁿ cŏ̤ khah bûa;
do not sit too close to it.
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kîaⁿ bûa lai sin piⁿ;
come up close beside me.
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cûn sái bûa khàm-kha;
sail the boat close up to the bank.