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Khngx laang zøx hør tai, khah'viaa ciah zafzay./Khngx laang zøex hør tai, khah'viaa ciah zafzay. 🗣 (u: Khngx laang zøx hør tai, khaq viaa ciah zar'zay. Khngx laang zøx/zøex hør tai, khaq'viaa ciah zar'zay.) 勸人做好代，較贏食早齋。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

勸人為善勝過早上吃素 。 說明行善比獨善其身重要 。

Laang teq zøx, thvy teq khvoax./Laang teq zøex, thvy teq khvoax. 🗣 (u: Laang teq zøx, thvy teq khvoax. Laang teq zøx/zøex, thvy teq khvoax.) 人咧做，天咧看。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

人在做 ， 天在看 。 做事情應憑著自己的良心 ， 不管好事壞事 ， 上天都在看著 。 比喻天理昭昭 ， 報應不爽 。

Liawcvii senglie bøo laang zøx, thaithaau senglie u laang zøx./Liawcvii senglie bøo laang zøex, thaithaau senglie u laang zøex. 🗣 (u: Liao'cvii sefng'lie bøo laang zøx, thaai'thaau sefng'lie u laang zøx. Liao'cvii sefng'lie bøo laang zøx/zøex, thaai'thaau sefng'lie u laang zøx/zøex.) 了錢生理無人做，刣頭生理有人做。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

賠錢的生意沒有人要做 ， 但利益當前 ， 即使是犯法會被判處死刑的生意也有人會做 。 形容無良商人為了賺錢而不擇手段 。

zørlaang/zøealaang 🗣 (u: zøx zoex'laang zøx/zøex'laang) 做人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

為人 。 指做人的態度 、 為人處世 。

Zørtiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoaxtiøh phvae bor cidsielaang./Zøeatiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoaxtiøh phvae bor cidsielaang. 🗣 (u: Zøx'tiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoa'tiøh phvae bor cit'six'laang. Zøx/Zøex'tiøh phvae zhaan bang e tafng, zhoa'tiøh phvae bor cit'six'laang.) 做著歹田望下冬，娶著歹某一世人。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

種到收成不佳的田 ， 可以期待下一個採收季 ； 娶到惡妻可要受苦一輩子 。 勸人婚姻大事非兒戲 ， 擇偶要非常謹慎 。

Zøx guu tiøh thoaf, zørlaang tiøh boaa./Zøex guu tiøh thoaf, zøealaang tiøh boaa. 🗣 (u: Zøx guu tiøh thoaf, zøx laang tiøh boaa. Zøx/Zøex guu tiøh thoaf, zøx/zøex'laang tiøh boaa.) 做牛著拖，做人著磨。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

當牛就要拖犁 ， 當人就要承受磨難 。 比喻人生本來就要歷經許多勞苦與磨難 ， 就像牛得要辛苦犁田 、 拖車一樣 。

zøx-zhaolaang/zøex-zhaolaang 🗣 (u: zøx zoex'zhaux'laang zøx/zøex-zhaux'laang) 做臭人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

當壞人 、 扮黑臉 。

zøx`laang/zøex`laang 🗣 (u: zøx zoex`laang zøx/zøex`laang) 做人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

女孩子許配給人家 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.