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syau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

after death

死後

zaixsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'svef [[...]] 

be among the living, be living, be in the world, not dead

在世

• Zaixsvef ciah cit liap tau, khahhør syau haux ti'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau. [[...]] 
  It's better to take care of parents while they are alive rather than make a show of being filial at their funeral. (Lit. Better to give parents one bean when living rather than to offer them a pig's head after they die.)
  在生吃一粒豆,勝過死後孝豬頭。父母在世時好好孝敬,比在身後才大事祭拜有意義。

• Zaixsvef m haux na'aau, syau ciaq haux kvoazha'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau. [[...]] 
  to pay respect to parents after they die after not taking care of them while they were living, unfilial
  父母在生不養,死後才想孝敬。

svezeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'zeeng; svef/svy'zeeng [[...]] 

during one's lifetime, before one's death, while one was alive

生前

• svezeeng syau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'zeeng sie'au [[...]] 
  during life and after death
  生前死後

syau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'au [[...]] 

after death

死後

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