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cviuxsvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'svoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

ascend a mountain, go ashore (archaic)

上山

• Cviuxsvoaf ia cit jit, løqhae ia cit jit. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf ia cit jit, løh'hae ia cit jit. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  nice way of saying one should not be in a rush to get things done. Festina lente! (Lit. Going up the mountain is a day, going down to sea is also a day)
  上山也一天,下海也一天,慢慢來,不用急。

• Cviuxsvoaf khvoax svoasix, jibmngg khvoax lang'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf khvoax svoaf'six, jip'mngg khvoax laang'ix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Be aware of the wishes of your host. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (Lit. In climbing a mountain, look at the mountain contours, if you enter a person's home, consider his feelings.)
  見風轉舵,入鄉隨俗。

cviuxthvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'thvy (sefng'thiefn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

ascend to heaven

上升,升天

• Cviuxthvy bøo lo, jibte bøo mngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'thvy bøo lo, jip'te bøo mngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  no way out, no way to escape (Lit. no way to reach heaven and no door into the ground. (said of one or by one in desperate straits)
  上天無路, 入地無門。

jibmngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jip'mngg [[...]][i#] [p.]

enter the door

入門

• Thaozar zhutmngg, cyn axm ciaq jibmngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaux'zar zhud'mngg, cyn axm ciaq jip'mngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  go out very early in the morning and come back very late
  早出晚歸

• Cit e jibmngg, ciu khvoartiøh y teq limciuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit e jip'mngg, ciu khvoax'tiøh y teq lym'ciuo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  As soon as I entered his home, I saw he was drinking.
  一進門就看到他在喝酒。

jibmng'hie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jip'mngg'hie [[...]][i#] [p.]

conceive right after the marriage

入門喜,一結婚就有喜

mngphang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mngg'phang [[...]][i#] [p.]

crack in a door, interstice between doors or between the door and doorframe

門縫

• Tuix mngphang khvoax jibkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix mngg'phang khvoax jip'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  peep through the crack of the door
  從門縫看進去

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