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huiecin khofsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huix'cin'khor'sym; huix'cin khor'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]

exhaust all one's efforts

費盡苦心

ioxngsym liongkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong'sym lioong'khor [[...]][i#] [p.]

well-intentioned but little understood

用心良苦

khofkhao pøsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'khao pøo'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]

exhort or remonstrate with earnest words prompted by a kind heart

苦口婆心

khofsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]

efforts, hard application, hard work, do one's best, make every possible effort

苦心

simlai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'lai [[...]][i#] [p.]

in one's heart, in one's mind, mentally

心裏,內心

• simlai cyn kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'lai cyn kafn'khor [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very deeply distressed in heart
  心裏很難過

ta'kef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef [[...]][i#] [p.]

mother-in-law, husband's mother

婆婆

• ta'kef khoftok simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef khor'tok sym'pu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  mother-in-law too hard on the daughter-in-law
  婆婆虐待媳婦

• Ta'kef u zhuix, simpu bøo zhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taf'kef u zhuix, sym'pu bøo zhuix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The mother-in-law has the last say in everything, but the daughter-in-law has a say in nothing.
  婆婆有嘴,媳婦無嘴,媳婦總要聽命於婆婆。

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