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

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. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  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. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  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。

ciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah (sit) [[...]][i#] [p.]

eat, live on, get money out of someone, to live off someone, live so long, take or use snuff, tobacco or wine

吃,食

• høfciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'ciah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tastes good
  好吃

• phvayciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'ciah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tastes bad
  難吃

• gauciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gaau'ciah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be a good eater, have a good appetite
  能吃

ciah liao bøo twhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah liao bøo tuo'hør [[...]][i#] [p.]

stomach upset

吃壞了肚子

ciaqmih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'mih (hør ciah'mih) [[...]][i#] [p.]

eatables

食物

ciapsoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciab'soax [[...]][i#] [p.]

be next (in succession), follow, in close succession, one after the other, continue, continuously

連續

• Hid khoarn pve aix ciapsoax ciah iøqar, ciah cyn kuo ciaq e hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn pve aix ciab'soax ciah iøh'ar, ciah cyn kuo ciaq e hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  For that disease you have to continuously take medicine for a long time then it will get better.
  那種病要連續吃藥吃很久才會好。

høfciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'ciah [[...]][i#] [p.]

delicious

好吃

hoeluxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoee'luxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

moist, damp

潮濕

• Hid khoarn pviar hoeluxn ciu be sof, bøo hør ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn pviar hoee'luxn ciu be sof, bøo hør ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That kind of cake damp and soggy is not very tasty.
  那種餅乾如果潮濕就不會酥,不好吃。

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

look at, observe, to watch, attend, look at with the determined purpose or intention of seeing, examine (as a doctor), inquire after, find out or determine, depend on

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