To retreat; to retire; to recede; to draw back; to decline; to back out of; to refuse; to excuse; to withdraw; to abate; to yield; to give up to; not to be forward.
sái bûe-nâng khṳ́ thò̤ chin;
sent the go-between to break the betrothal.
cìn thò̤ líang lâng;
to advance or retreat is equally difficult.
i ŭ cò̤ thò̤ hùe a bô̤?
Does he loan goods to be sold at retail?
bōi m̄ khṳ̀ kâi hùe thò̤ tńg khṳ̀ hâiⁿ i;
the goods that cannot be sold are taken back and returned to him.
hâiⁿ cîⁿ bô̤ thò̤ pō;
do not diminish the price that has once been offered.
thò̤ sok;
to shrink, as cloth does in washing; to draw in, as a snail into its shell; to show the white feather.
īa sĭ lîm tīn thò̤-sok kâi cū àiⁿ cám;
any who draw back when face to face with the enemy will be beheaded.
thò̤-piaⁿ;
to retreat.
sói lío cū àiⁿ thò̤ sek;
it will face when washed.
thò̤ pō;
to retire, to step back.
tò̤-thò̤;
to back out, to withdraw.
tò̤-thò̤ kîaⁿ;
to walk backwards.
i kâi kun lĕng ngîam căi, ŭ cìn bô̤ thò̤;
their military discipline is very strict, they may advance but not retreat.
cìn put lêng cìn, thò̤ put lêng thò̤;
can neither advance nor retreat.
àiⁿ cìu put tit, àiⁿ thò̤ put lêng;
can move neither one way nor the other.
khéng sĭeⁿ thò̤ cêk pō mih sṳ̄ to̤ bô̤;
if willing to yield a step there would be no trouble.
