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  • The eyelids drawn together.
mâk hoi-hoi;
squint-eyed.
mâk hoi-hoi, kap-pô̤ thóiⁿ-cò̤ lău cúi-koi;
so squint eyed that he would mistake a toad for an edible frog.
hŏi keⁿ;
crab soup.
hŏi kha;
crab's claws.
hŏi khak;
a crab's shell.
hŏi-íⁿ;
a crab's belly.
hŏi ko̤;
the yellow juices of a crab.
pêh hŏi nêk;
the white meat of a crab.
lŏ kîam hŏi;
to pickle crabs.
hŏi mâk cúi;
the bubbles on boiling water.
hŏi nih tîeh i;
the crab pinched him.
hŏi hûeⁿ kîaⁿ;
crabs walk sidewise.
poiⁿ kùe hóⁿ-hŏi;
more spotted than the spotted crab.
thim chiah hŏi;
to keep large brown crabs in water.
kong-phûa hŏng hŏi kâi;
he is one whose parents offered crabs to the god of the bedstead; his hands and feet are always in mischief.
khi-hŭ i bô̤ kha hŏi;
impose upon him as one can upon a clawless crab.