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

happiness, good fortune, good luck, blessing, bliss

福

• Hog juu Tonghae, siu pie Lamsafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hog juu Tofng'hae, siu pie Laam'safn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  birthday greeting (May your happiness be as the Eastern Sea, your age as Mt. Lan!)
  福如東海,壽比南山。

• hog buu sofng cix, hø pud tafn heeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hog buu sofng cix, hø pud tafn heeng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Blessings never comes in pairs, misfortune never comes singly
  福無雙至,禍不單行。

lamlie siuxsiu putchyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laam'lie siu'siu pud'chyn [[...]][i#] [p.]

A man and a woman unless related by blood or marriage should not touch hands when giving and taking things (according to the code of conduct before the republican era)

男女授受不親

siu pie Lamsafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu pie Laam'safn [[...]][i#] [p.]

May your life be as lofty as the Southern Mountain Ranges. — a greeting for a person on his birthday.

壽比南山

siuxsiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'siu [[...]][i#] [p.]

give and receive

授受

• lamlie siuxsiu putchyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laam'lie siu'siu pud'chyn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in old China males and females should not allow their hands to touch in giving or receiving anything
  男女授受不親

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