Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/teh
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teh
- teh kàu bih-bih;
- crushed it flat.
- teh tīo;
- crushed out.
- teh i sît;
- press it down solid.
- cṳ-cheh teh;
- a bookweight.
- tâng teh;
- a brass paper-weight.
- teh m̄ kín;
- it does not press it down tightly.
- chù tó̤, teh sí nâng;
- the house fell, and crushed some people under it.
- ôi teh tîeh nâng a bŏi?
- Was any one crushed under it?
- teh tăng tàⁿ;
- crushed under a heavy burden.
- sin-khó kâi nâng, taⁿ-taⁿ teh-teh;
- one who has a hard lot, and is heavily burdened.
- màiⁿ teh khah tăng;
- do not lay on too heavy a weight.
- hău-seⁿ kíaⁿ ŏi taⁿ ŏi teh;
- young people can bear up under heavy burdens.
- teh kî;
- to play chess.
- teh bô̤ nŏ̤ pûaⁿ kî, jît cū àm;
- before we had played two games of chess it was sundown.
- i kâi kî teh îaⁿ i;
- he beat him at chess.