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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.

cîeh bûa kàu kng-kût kng-kût;

polish stones so that they shine.

bûa hun-kuah hún;

make potato flour.

bûa khàm;

to scan, in order to criminate the writer of a document.

bûa līen;

to pass through affliction.

màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;

do not grind him down too severely.

bûa-lêk khah thíam;

treated him with too extreme harshness.

bûa-lūi nâng;

to overbear people.

bûa kàu sí;

to treat so harshly as to kill.

kang ji chut thân, bûa cîaⁿ lău kâu;

when working people make themselves conspicuous they will get reduced to the condition of apes.

• ‮勞‬bûa5071810
• To drudge; to toil hard; to moil.

bûa mêⁿ;

to do night work.

màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;

do not toil too closely.

bûa khah hêk cū àiⁿ sieⁿ tîeh;

if you moil too severely you will suffer for it afterward.

• ‮近‬bûa4011624
• To approach; to bring near; close beside; near to.

cha m̄ bûa;

cannot bring them together.

màiⁿ cŏ̤ khah bûa;

do not sit too close to it.

kîaⁿ bûa lai sin piⁿ;

come up close beside me.

cûn sái bûa khàm-kha;

sail the boat close up to the bank.

buah

• ‮抹‬buah604645
• To smear; to daub; to rub on; to wipe away.

buah hún;

lay on a white cosmetic.

buah in-nî;

to put on rouge.

buah îeh;

to rub with a medicine.

buah îeh-ko̤;

smear with ointment.

buah pit;

to smear the pen in the ink.

cang îu buah thâu-mô̤ⁿ;

to put oil on the hair.

buah îu;

annoint.

buah khui;

to wipe away.

chíu buah m̄ khui, khîa ki to̤ lûi kĭo;

if you cannot wipe it off with you hand, get a knife and scrape it off.

buah tīo;

to erase by wiping; to blot out.

• ‮撥‬buah7086412
• To set aside for a special purpose; to detach; to dispose according to a plan.

buah cò̤ kúi kò̤ eng;

apportion for use in several places.

hun-buah tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;

already apportioned.

cêk kò̤ àiⁿ buah jîeh cōi nâng khṳ̀?

How many persons are to be sent to each place?

buah ŭ jîeh cōi piaⁿ lâi?

How many soldiers are detached for this?

buah cí nâng khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤;

appoint this man to go there.

buah tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

set on one side.

hun-buah m̄ khui;

could not distribute according to the

plan fixed upon.

buah kang lâi;

come in at an interlude in the work.

buah phāng lâi;

come when there is an interval of leisure.

• ‮末‬bûah604751
• Fine dust; powder.

îeh bûah;

medicinal powders.

ngói bûah;

bray into powder.

àiⁿ ngói cò̤ sòi bûah tîeh ngói ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;

if you wish to make fine powder, you must pulverize it till it is very small.

ngói bûah lío, kap cò̤ îeh-îⁿ;

when you have brayed it into a fine powder, then work it up into pills.

buah îeh-bûah;

apply a medicinal powder.

• ‮鈸‬bûah7091675
• Cymbals.

i tó̤ phah bûah;

he is sounding the cymbals.

búang

• ‮妄‬búang1045383
• Disorderly; unseemly; wild; reckless.

khûang-búang căi;

frantically.

búang cò̤, búang ûi;

disorderly conduct.

búang cṳ̆ cun tōa;

wildly boast of one's self.

chàu búang;

unseemly.

chŵn bô̤ búang suah peh-sèⁿ;

never executes people without reason.

ūe màiⁿ búang tàⁿ;

do not talk at random.

• ‮忘‬bûang1044613
• To disregard; to forget or neglect.

bûang pún;

forget a benefactor or parent.

bûang ṳn, hŭ ngĭ;

be ungrateful.

put lêng bûang chêng;

I can never forget this kindness.

ŭ kâi kìen bûang kâi pēⁿ;

is very forgetful, or absent minded.

cêk sî bûang-kìⁿ;

it slipped my mind at the moment.

• ‮亡‬bûang104481
• Destroyed; lost; utterly gone.

sí bûang;

dead and gone.

tīn bûang;

destroyed in battle.

păi bûang;

utterly defeated.

chut bûang;

a forgotten fugitive in other lands, as a refugee prince.

bûang mīaⁿ;

a ruined life.

bûang kok;

an extinct dynasty.

pāi kok bûang ke;

subvert the kingdom and destroy the house.

mît bûang;

no trace left.

• ‮望‬bŭang1045747
• The full of the moon.

suak bŭang;

the first and the fifteenth of the month.

câp-ngŏ jit kìe-cò̤ bŭang;

the fifteenth of the month is called the day of full moon.

tōa miaⁿ bŭang kâi nâng;

one whose name is widely known.

hó̤ mîaⁿ bŭang;

of good repute.

jît gûeh sie tùi kìe-cò̤ bŭang;

the sun and moon being opposite each other, they are said to be in opposition.