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- poahcvii heeng laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]
- make an effort to get money to pay a debt; e.g.; taking money that was set aside for some less urgent purpose
- 撥款還人
DFT- 🗣 Ciah laang cidkyn, iaxtiøh heeng laang 4-niuo./Ciah laang cit kyn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo./Ciah laang cit kwn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo. 🗣 (u: Ciah laang cit kyn/kwn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo.) 食人一斤，也著還人四兩。 [wt][mo] Tsia̍h lâng tsi̍t kin, iā tio̍h hîng lâng sì niú.
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|| 吃了他人一斤的糧食，最少得還人家四兩。指受人恩惠，縱然自己很困苦，多少總要擠一點出來報答別人。比喻知恩圖報。
- 🗣le: Laang korng, “Ciah laang cit kyn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo.” Tøf'sia lie terng'koex hiaq'ni jiet'sym taux'svaf'kang, zef tam'pøh'ar ix'sux chviar lie siw`khie'laai. 🗣 (人講：「食人一斤，也著還人四兩。」多謝你頂過遐爾熱心鬥相共，這淡薄仔意思請你收起來。) (人家說：「受人之恩，要盡力回報。」謝謝你上次那麼熱心幫忙，這一點小小心意請笑納。)
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|| 進一步引申，告誡世人不要隨便收受他人饋贈，拿人家的都要奉還，天下沒有白吃的午餐。
- 🗣le: Siok'gie korng, “Ciah laang cit kyn, ia tiøh heeng laang six niuo.” Tvia'tvia siw laang ee mih'kvia, lie au'pae beq theh sviar'miq heeng`laang? 🗣 (俗語講：「食人一斤，也著還人四兩。」定定收人的物件，你後擺欲提啥物還人？) (俗話說：「天下沒有白吃的午餐。」你經常收受人家的饋贈，以後要拿什麼回報？)
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- 🗣u: Ciøq cvii na m heeng, au'pae bøo laang beq ciøq`lie. 借錢若毋還，後擺無人欲借你。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]
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- 借錢如果不還，以後沒人要借你。
- 🗣u: Mih'kvia na ho y theh koex'chiuo, y tø m heeng`laang`aq. 物件若予伊提過手，伊就毋還人矣。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]
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- 東西要是讓他到手，他就不還人家了。
- 🗣u: AF'gi si bøo'he'bøo'løh ee chid'thøo'ar, luie cvii si m bad heeng`laang`koex, lie tiøh'aix u hid khoarn “Tai'kaq'khef paxng zhao'hii──u zurn bøo” ee axn'sngx, ciaq thafng theh cvii khix ciøq`y. 阿義是無下無落的𨑨迌仔，壘錢是毋捌還人過，你著愛有彼款「大甲溪放草魚──有準無」的按算，才通提錢去借伊。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]
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- 阿義是個不負責任的小混混，向來借錢是從來不會還的，你得有那種「肉包子打狗──有去無回」的打算，才可以把錢拿去借給他。
- 🗣u: Kofng'sy ee cvii'zuie hioong'hioong tngr'seh be koex`laai, yn'tvoaf tam'pøh'ar hok'zap, kor'zar'laang korng, “Kirn kviaa bøo hør po.” Beq kae'koad bun'tee, chiefn'ban m'thafng sviw koex kvoar'koong, aix saxm'sw jii hiø heeng. 公司的錢水雄雄轉踅袂過來，因端淡薄仔複雜，古早人講：「緊行無好步。」欲解決問題，千萬毋通傷過趕狂，愛三思而後行。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]
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- 公司的資金突然周轉不過來，原因略微複雜，古人說：「欲速則不達。」要解決問題，千萬不可太過慌張，須三思而後行。
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- Ciah laang cit kyn, ma aix heeng laang six niuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah laang cit kyn, ma aix heeng laang six niuo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- If you eat a pound, you must return four ounces. Be grateful.
- 有恩必要報。
- poahcvii heeng laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poaq'cvii heeng laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
- make an effort to get money to pay a debt, e.g., taking money that was set aside for some less urgent purpose
- 撥款還人
- tøex laang liu'heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toex laang liuu'heeng; tøex laang liuu'heeng; (toex laang sii'kviaa) [[...]][i#] [p.]
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