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zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)

常常被罵

• Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, mxkuo tviaxtvia teq zøx zhaothaau ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, m'kuo tvia'tvia teq zøx zhaux'thaau kef'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is not all that bad but people always like to scold him.
  他人也不壞,不過常常被罵。

zhutkelaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'kef'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

monk or nun

出家人

Cit laang cit kef tai, kongmar suii laang zhai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit laang cit kef tai, kofng'mar suii laang zhai. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Don't stick your nose into other people's affairs. (Lit. Each person has his own family affairs.)

自掃門前雪,不管他人瓦上霜。

Zøx kef tiøh zherng, zøx laang tiøh perng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx kef tiøh zherng, zøx laang tiøh perng. [[...]][i#] [p.]

A chicken has to scratch for food, a man has to work.

雞要扒,人要撈,要生活下去, 就得努力。

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

shout, bawl, to roar at, to thunder at, to say disagreeable things, speak loud and angrily

吆喝,叱吒,責怪

• Goar kiøx y mxthafng afnnef, tientøx ho y had. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar kiøx y m'thafng arn'nef, tiefn'tøx ho y had. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I told him not to do it and he got angry at me.
  我勸他不要這樣,反而被他責怪。

• Hid ee thaukef cyn gaau ka laang had. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee thaau'kef cyn gaau ka laang had. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That employer get angry at his workers very easily.
  那個老闆喜歡叱吒人。

giwkhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo'khuy [[...]][i#] [p.]

pull open, pull apart

拉開

• Laang teq oankef ee sii, lie na u hoatto ciu ka yn giwkhuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang teq oafn'kef ee sii, lie na u hoad'to ciu ka yn giuo'khuy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When people are fighting, if possible you should try to pull them apart.
  別人在吵架時,你如果有辦法就把他們拉開。

hunkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'kef (pwn suii'laang) [[...]][i#] [p.]

divide family property to set up separate fraternal households

分家

hunsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'svoax (hwn'saxn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

breakup, be dispersed, scattered or broken up

分散

• Cit kef laang hunsvoax khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit kef laang hwn'svoax khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The families are scattered all over. All the families went their own ways.
  一家人分散了。

kvialaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaf'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

terrify people, amazing, be afraid of people

嚇人,怕人

• kvialaang ee cirnpo (sorji) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaf'laang ee cixn'po (sox'ji) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  amazing progress (figures)
  驚人的進步(數字)

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