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

in a flash

晃

• Hvoar leq tø køex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hvoar lef tø koex.; Hvoar leq tø køex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pass in a flash
  一晃就過去

• Cit hvoar koex svaf tafng, svaf hvoar cidsielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit hvoar koex svaf tafng, svaf hvoar cit'six'laang.; Cit'hvoar køex svaf'tafng, svaf'hvoar cit'six'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  time passes very fast (Lit. Three years passed in a flash. Three flashes and a lifetime takes place.)
  一晃過三冬,三晃過一生。

phvayzhaan bang auxtafng , phvaybor cidsielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'zhaan bang au'tafng , phvae'bor cit'six'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]

If you have poor harvest, there is still hope for the next harvest. If you have a bad wife, it is for life.

瘠田望下季,惡妻無希望。

tuo`tiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuo'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]

to meet with

碰到,遇到

• Y ti pvoarlo twtiøh saipak'ho. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ti pvoax'lo tuo'tiøh say'pag'ho. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He was caught in a shower on his way.
  他在途中碰到陣雨。

• Twtiøh phvaytafng ngx auxtafng, zhoaxtiøh phvaybor kuisielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuo'tiøh phvae'tafng ngx au'tafng, zhoa'tiøh phvae'bor kuy'six'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you meet a bad harvest, you can hope for the next, marry a bad wife and it's for life.
  收成不好,望下季,娶了惡妻全無望。

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