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🗣 Khitciah ia u svaf nii høfun. 🗣 (u: Khid'ciah ia u svaf nii hør'un.) 乞食也有三年好運。 [wt][mo] Khit-tsia̍h iā ū sann nî hó-ūn. [#]

1. () || 乞丐也有三年的好運。說明人不會一生都是落魄的，勉勵人毋須因一時的挫折、低潮而灰心喪志，即使潦倒如乞丐，也會有運氣好轉的時候。比喻風水輪流轉。

🗣le: Larn cit'sii lok'pheg biern sid'cix, laang teq korng, “Khid'ciah ia u svaf nii hør'un.” Tvia'tiøh u zhud'un ee hid cit kafng. 🗣 (咱一時落魄免失志，人咧講：「乞食也有三年好運。」定著有出運的彼一工。) (一時失意潦倒毋須灰心喪志，人家說：「風水輪流轉。」一定會有運氣好轉的時候。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣 Svanii cidjun, høfphvae ciaoluun./Svaf nii cit jun, høfphvae ciaux luun. 🗣 (u: Svaf nii cit jun, hør'phvae ciaux luun.) 三年一閏，好歹照輪。 [wt][mo] Sann nî tsi̍t jūn, hó-pháinn tsiàu lûn. [#]

1. () || 三年一次閏月，好壞輪流來。農曆每二、三年會有一個閏月，多出來的這個月按曆法分派到不同月份，所以說「好歹照輪」。這句話指風水輪流轉，人生的際遇，不會永遠順利，也不會永遠困窘。

🗣le: Siok'gie korng, “Svaf nii cit jun, hør'phvae ciaux luun.” Kafn'khor u'sii koex, siør'khoar lurn`leq, tø e zhud'un`aq. 🗣 (俗語講：「三年一閏，好歹照輪。」艱苦有時過，小可忍咧，就會出運矣。) (俗話說：「三年一次閏月，風水輪流轉。」艱難困苦總有過去的時候，稍微忍耐一下，就會走出霉運了。)

🗣le: Khvoax laang pux`ee pux cviu thvy, larn si saxn kaq tng'zhuxn'thiq, na sviu'tiøh “svaf nii cit jun, hør'phvae ciaux luun”, tø borng zøx borng to, khvoax u cit kafng e zhud'thaau'thvy`be. 🗣 (看人富的富上天，咱是散甲斷寸鐵，若想著「三年一閏，好歹照輪」，就罔做罔度，看有一工會出頭天袂。) (看到人家富裕得高上天際，我卻窮到身無分文。若想到「風水輪流轉」，就勉強工作糊口，看看是不是有一工會出人頭地。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣u: Y cit niar goa'svaf zheng kuie'na zap nii, por'liao køq por, m'kafm hvix'sag. 伊一領外衫穿幾若十年，補了閣補，毋甘挕捒。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

他一件外套穿了好幾十年，補了又補，捨不得丟掉。

køq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køq [[...]][i#] [p.]

again, moreover, also, and (used as a conjunction to connect two adjectives while "kap" is used to connect two nouns as, "ian-pit kap choa")

再,又

• Køq korng cidpae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Køq korng cit'pae. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Say it again !
  再說一次!

• siok køq høfciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siok køq hør'ciah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cheap and good to eat
  便宜又好吃

• køq svaf nii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køq svaf nii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in another three years
  再三年

• bøo køq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo køq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not a second time
  不再

• iuxkøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iu'køq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  also, again
  又,再

jun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jun [[...]][i#] [p.]

extra, (a day or month) inserted between two others, to intercalate

閏

• svaf nii cit jun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf nii cit jun [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in the third year there is an intercalary month
  三年一閏

oafnviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oarn'viuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

high seas

遠洋

• Oafnviuu hizuun zhut'hae, lorng aix nng svaf nii ciaq u tngr`laai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Oarn'viuu hii'zuun zhud'hae, lorng aix nng svaf nii ciaq u tngr'laai.; Oarn'viuu hii'zuun zhud'hae, lorng aix nng svaf nii ciaq u tngr`laai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When a fishing boat goes out on the high seas it doesn't come back for two or three years.
  遠洋漁船出海,都要兩三年才回來。

svaf nii kvoaf, nng nii moar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf nii kvoaf, nng nii moar [[...]][i#] [p.]

quickly over, uncertain, term of office uncertain, used in reference to corrupt officials

官海浮沉

tiongkafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiofng'kafn [[...]][i#] [p.]

in the middle of, between

中間,之間

• cid kofgoeh ee tiongkafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cid kor'goeh ee tiofng'kafn; cid'kør'gøeh ee tiofng'kafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  during this month
  這個月之間

• svaf nii ee tiongkafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf nii ee tiofng'kafn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in the course of three years
  三年之間

• Sinteg ti Taitiofng kab Taipag ee tiongkafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Syn'teg ti Taai'tiofng kab Taai'pag ee tiofng'kafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Sin-tek is situated between Taipei and Taichung
  新竹在台中和台北之間。

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