a transparency with the shadows of paper puppets cast on a screen.
màiⁿ thûh phùa i kâi pêⁿ-theng-cúa;
do not punch a hole in the screen on which the shadows of his puppets are thrown; do not spoil the pleasant aspect of his affairs by revealing what is behind the scenes.
there are several kinds of snakes, the white necked snake, the cobra, the ringed snake, the black and yellow snake, the small brown snake, and the viper, all of which are poisonous.
sang thâu cûa;
a two headed snake.
khî cûa;
rare species of serpents.
cûa phûe;
the skin of a snake.
cûa sin téng, cûa câi;
the back and the belly of a snake.
cûa pak khak;
the snake sheds its skin.
cûa thò̤;
the shed skin of a snake.
cûa tŏ̤ cháu kò̤ pie khṳ̀;
the snake darted off through the grass.
cûa so̤ cĭeⁿ suaⁿ téng;
the serpent wriggled up to the top of the hill.
cûa sĭ chîⁿ thĭo khí lâi;
the snake has crawled up by way of the post.
tîo cûa phŵn tŏ̤ chīu ki kò̤;
a snake coiled around the branch of a tree.
cûa, lṳ́ phah i kâi thâu, i kâi búe cū àiⁿ kauh lṳ́ kâi kha;
if you strike a snake's head, his tail will coil around your leg.
cêk tîo cûa khún îⁿ-îⁿ;
a snake coiled up in a circle.
lṳ́ àiⁿ phah i, i kâi cûa-thâu cū tēng khí lâi;
when you are going to strike him, he darts up his head.
i kâi cûa-cam lāng a lāng;
he is darting out his tongue.
cûa nih i;
the snake nabbed him.
cí khí cûa bô̤ mih kă nâng;
this species of snake is not apt to bite.
i kâi cûa búe kauh tŏ̤ chīu ki kò̤, i kâi thâu chun khṳ̀ cîah cío;
he holds on to the limb with his tail, and darts his head forth to catch birds.
pit jû lêng cûa;
serpentine lines made with the pen; beautiful writing.
