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Every family has their problems, everybody has to be responsible for the problems of their own life. (Lit. The sun is very hot, everyone has to protect his life.)

世風日下,各顧各的生命。

kaf'mo sviemiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kar'mo svex'miaa; kar'mo svix'miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

falsely use another's name

假冒姓名

kaymiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

change the name

改名

kaymiaa voaxsvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'miaa voa'svex; kae'miaa voa'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]
change one's whole name
改名換姓

kiesvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kix'svex; kix'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

memory

記性

kvietiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]

see, meet with, exposed to

看到,碰到

bad kvietiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad kvix'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
have met one before
見過

kvietiøh cvii, chinchviu sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh cvii, chyn'chviu svex'mia; kvix'tiøh cvii, chyn'chviu svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]
looks on money as a matter of life and death
視錢如命

kvietiøh zuie e theaseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh zuie e thex'seg; kvix'tiøh zuie øe thex'seg [[...]][i#] [p.]
It fades when washed or gets wet.
碰到水會褪色

kvietiøh hoea e tøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh hoea e tøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
catches fire easily
遇火即燃

kuiesvix? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuix'svex?; kuix'svix? [[...]][i#] [p.]

what is your (honorable) surname?

貴姓?

lau pehsvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau peq'svex; lau peq'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

people, public, subjects, citizens

老百姓

mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia; (beng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

life, fate, destiny, one's lot

命

kiuomia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiux'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]
Help! Help! save life
救命

sviemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia; svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]
life
生命

sngrmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sngx'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]
figure out one's fortunes by the time, date and year of his birth
算命

thøfmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thør'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]
require the death of the murderer (as the ghost of the murdered man does)
討命

miasvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: miaa'svex; miaa'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

name and surname

姓名

peq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq; (peg) [[...]][i#] [p.]

hundred

百

lauxpehsvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau'peq'svex; lau'peq'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]
the people, the common people
老百姓

pehsvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'svex; peq'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

one hundred clan names, common people

百姓

pekkasvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peg'kaf'svex; peg'kaf'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

Book of Family Names

百家姓

phoef sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoef svex'mia; phøef svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]

risk one's life

拼命

phoef sveamia tharncvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoef svex'mia thaxn'cvii; phøef svix'mia thaxn'cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]
make as much money as one can, risk one's life for money
拼命賺錢

pviax sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pviax svex'mia; pviax svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]

risk one's life, make death defying effort

拼命

pøfzuun sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pør'zuun svex'mia; pør'zuun svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]

preserve one's life

保存生命

pwnsvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: purn'svex; purn'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

one's own surname

本姓

saxng sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng svex'mia; saxng svix'mia; (saxng'sie) [[...]][i#] [p.]

die (as the result of one's own action), bring death upon oneself

送命

svex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex; svix; (svix, sexng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

clan (family name): may be used as a verb

姓

Lie svex symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie svex sirm'miq?; Lie svix sirm'mih? [[...]][i#] [p.]
What is your family name?
你姓什麼?

Goar svex Taan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar svex Taan.; Goar svix Taan. [[...]][i#] [p.]
My surname is "Tan".
我姓陳。

jixsvex/jixsvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'svex; ji'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]
surname
字姓,姓氏

kuiesvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuix'svex; kuix'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]
What is your surname?
貴姓

miasvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: miaa'svex; miaa'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]
name and surname
姓名

pehsvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'svex; peq'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]
one hundred clan names, i.e. the people
百姓

sviemiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'miaa; svix'miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

full name of a person

姓名

sviemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia; svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]

life

生命

kiux sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiux svex'mia; kiux svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]
save one's life
救命

sveamiaxsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia'svoax; svix'mia'svoax [[...]][i#] [p.]
lifeline (in figurative sense)
生命線

sveamia kab y teq phahpøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia kab y teq phaq'pøq; svix'mia kab y teq phaq'pøq [[...]][i#] [p.]

engage in mortal combat with him, do or die, risk one's life

冒生命之險,賭命

siøfsvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siør'svex; siør'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

my surname

小姓,敝姓

siøq sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøq svex'mia; siøq svix'mia [[...]][i#] [p.]

hold one's life dear, be very careful of one's self (often over care), e.g., taking great care when slightly unwell, afraid to meddle with a matter or travel on a road where there is some danger

愛惜生命

tharncvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxn'cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]

earn money, make a profit

賺錢

Tharncvii iwsox, sveamia tiøh kox. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaxn'cvii iuo'sox, svex'mia tiøh kox.; Thaxn'cvii iuo'sox, svix'mia tiøh kox. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Don't overwork. (Lit. Your earnings are limited, you must pay attention to your health.)
賺錢有限度,生命得照顧。

tiahmiaa tiahsvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaq'miaa tiaq'svex; tiaq'miaa tiaq'svix [[...]][i#] [p.]

speak of or call a person simply by his surname and name, without adding any polite designation

指名叫姓

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

article, section, clause, item, of an agreement, pact, treaty, law, branch, strip, classifier adjunct for something narrow and long, e.g., roads, ropes