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zaixzø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'zø [[...]][i#] [p.]

be present at a gathering

在座

• zaixzø ee zu'ui siensvy, lysu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'zø ee zw'ui siefn'svy, lie'su. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Ladies and gentlemen!
  在座的諸位先生, 女士。

• zaixzø ee laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'zø ee laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  those present at a gathering
  在座的人

zaixsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'svef [[...]][i#] [p.]

be among the living, be living, be in the world, not dead

在世

• Zaixsvef ciah cit liap tau, khahhør syau haux ti'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It's better to take care of parents while they are alive rather than make a show of being filial at their funeral. (Lit. Better to give parents one bean when living rather than to offer them a pig's head after they die.)
  在生吃一粒豆,勝過死後孝豬頭。父母在世時好好孝敬,比在身後才大事祭拜有意義。

• Zaixsvef m haux na'aau, syau ciaq haux kvoazha'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to pay respect to parents after they die after not taking care of them while they were living, unfilial
  父母在生不養,死後才想孝敬。

zaixtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'tviuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

be present, on the spot

在場

• zaixtviuu ee zu'ui siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'tviuu ee zw'ui siefn'svy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Gentlemen! (words used at the beginning of a talk)
  在場的諸位先生

• Hid ee suxkox hoatsefng ee sii, y ia zaixtviuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee su'kox hoad'sefng ee sii, y ia zai'tviuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When the accident occurred he was also on the spot.
  那個事故發生時,他也在場。

sve'hun sofzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'hun sor'zai; svef/svy'hun sor'zai [[...]][i#] [p.]

unfamiliar place, strange place

陌生地方

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