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baa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baa [[...]][i#] [p.]
wild cat, harlot, a vile scolding
貍貓,淫婦
bøzwkesiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zuo'kef'siin [[...]][i#] [p.]
deceased people who have no descendant to worship them
無主孤魂
bøkef bøkiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'kef bøo'kiarm [[...]][i#] [p.]
neither too much nor too little, nothing added nothing taken away, no more, no less
不多不少
Bømo'kef, kef toaxkeq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'mof'kef, kea toa'keq.; Bøo'mof'køef, kea toa'keq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
putting on "the dog", acting big (Lit. a featherless chicken pretending to look big)
沒錢硬充闊,窮措大。
zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar; zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]
be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)
常常被罵
engzhuix gex ke'khaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'zhuix gex kef'khaf.; eeng'zhuix gex køef'khaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
nothing to do but lick chicken bones
閒著啃雞腳
kakgo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kag'go; (kag'gvo) [[...]][i#] [p.]
Original meaning — roused to a comprehension (of one's failing). Be prepared (ready) for, be resolved to do, make up one's mind to do, be resigned
覺悟
ke'kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kafng; kef'kafng [[...]][i#] [p.]
additional work, need more work
費事
kelai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'lai [[...]][i#] [p.]
one's wife, all the family
家內,妻小
Kelai bøo baa, niawchie e khiaukhaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kef'lai bøo baa, niao'chie e khiaw'khaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
When the cat's away the mice will play.
家裡無貓,老鼠翹腳
khiaxkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khia'kef [[...]][i#] [p.]
residence, dwelling
住宅
khongkien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khofng'kien; (kien'khofng) [[...]][i#] [p.]
health, healthy
康健(健康)
Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør ta'kef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør taf'kef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Haste makes waste. (Lit. If you spin thread quickly on the spinning machine you won't have a good yarn, if you marry a husband quickly you won't have a good mother-in-law.)
快紡無好紗,快嫁無好婆婆(欲速則不達,弄巧成拙)
kongtoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'toaxn [[...]][i#] [p.]
arbitration, impartial judgment
公斷
ta'kef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef [[...]][i#] [p.]
mother-in-law, husband's mother
婆婆
u kef bøo kiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u kef bøo kiarm [[...]][i#] [p.]
increase steadily, get steadily worse or serious
有增無減