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zerngkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'kefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

honest, virtuous, correct morality, in earnest

正經

• khaq zerngkefng lex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq zexng'kefng lex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Be more serious.
  正經點兒!

• mxsi zerngkefng ee laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'si zexng'kefng ee laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not an honest respectable person
  不是正經的人

in'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

fate or influence which brings lovers together

姻緣

• hør in'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør yn'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good match
  好姻緣

• In'ieen thvy zuotvia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ieen thvy zux'tvia. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Matches are ordained by God.
  姻緣天註定

• In'ieen thvy zuotvia, mxsi moelaang khaf gaau kviaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ieen thvy zux'tvia, m'si moee'laang khaf gaau kviaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Marriage are made in heaven, not by the match maker's efforts.
  姻緣天註定 不是媒人一線牽。

iuthaau katbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'thaau kad'bin [[...]][i#] [p.]

have worried look, pull long face, having a displeased look

愁眉苦臉

• Tviaxtvia iuthaau katbin ee laang, itteng mxsi khoaelok ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia iw'thaau kad'bin ee laang, id'teng m'si khoaix'lok ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  People who always have long faces definitely are not happy.
  常常愁眉苦臉的人,一定不快樂。

kaq mxsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq m'si [[...]][i#] [p.]

since...not

既不是

• Lie kaq mxsi phoarpve, nar bøo aix khix haghau? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau?; Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve/pvi, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since you are not sick, why don't you want to attend school?
  你既不是生病,為何不去學校?

• Mih kaq mxsi kea ee, lie khix chviar symmihlaang laai khvoax ia bøo iaokirn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Mih kaq m'si kea ee, lie khix chviar sirm'miq'laang laai khvoax ia bøo iaux'kirn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since the things are not false, it doesn't make any difference whom you ask to look at them.
  貨既不是假的,你去請誰來看也沒有關係。

mxsi-khafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'si'khafng; m'si-khafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

precautions should be taken, powerful rival

很利害,難纏

• Hid ee laang mxsixkhafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang m'si'khafng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Precautions should be taken against him. He is a dangerous man. He is a powerful rival.
  那個人很利害。

• Cid ee hongthay mxsixkhafng ox. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee hofng'thay m'si'khafng ox. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This typhoon is a terrible one.
  這個颱風很利害。

mxsi-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'si'laang; m'si-laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

inhuman

不是人

• Y mxsixlaang. Y cyn mxsixlaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y m'si'laang. Y cyn m'si'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is inhuman. He is very brutal.
  他不是人。他真不是人。

mxtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]

must, must be

必須

• Lie mxtiøh khaq kutlat lex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie m'tiøh khaq kud'lat lex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You must be more diligent.
  你必須努力點。

• Afnnef, lie mxtiøh si høflaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Arn'nef, lie m'tiøh si hør'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Well then, you must be a good man!
  這樣,你就是好人囉!

taau yn sixtoa laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taau yn si'toa laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

complain to his parents

向他的父母投訴

• Y na phaq lie, lie mxthafng kab y phaq, khix taau yn sixtoaxlaang (pexbør) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y na phaq lie, lie m'thafng kab y phaq, khix taau yn si'toa'laang (pe'bør); Y na phaq lie, lie m'thafng kab y phaq, khix taau yn si'toa'laang (pe'bør/buo) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If he hits you, don't fight with him, go tell his parents.
  要是他打你,不要和他打架,去告訴他父母。

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