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bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

wife and children

妻兒

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

toil, labor hard

勞

• thoaboaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'boaa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  toil very hard
  勞苦,折磨

• Goar seahaxn ee sii, pexbør cyn thoaboaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør cyn thoaf'boaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When I was young, my parents worked very hard.
  我小時候,父母很勞苦。

• tiøh thoaboaa laai chi bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh thoaf'boaa laai chi bor'kviar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  work very hard to support a wife and kids
  得辛勞來養妻兒。

za'bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

daughter

女兒

• Za'bofkviar kax lauxbør tngfzaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaf'bor'kviar kax lau'bør tngr'zaai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  No substitute for experience (Lit. Can a daughter teach her mother how to cut the umbilical cord?)
  女兒教母親接生,班門弄斧

zabofkviar-zhat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kviar'zhat zaf'bor'kviar-zhat [[...]][i#] [p.]

married daughter returning to the home of her parents and picking up things to take back to the home of her husband

女兒回娘家,將娘家的東西帶回夫家

chiensyn baxnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'syn ban'khor [[...]][i#] [p.]

suffer or undergo all conceivable hardship to accomplish something

千辛萬苦

• Chiensyn baxnkhor uixtiøh kviar kaq bor, zongsay zongtafng uixtiøh thad zhuiekhafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor ui'tiøh kviar kaq bor, zoong'say zoong'tafng ui'tiøh thad zhuix'khafng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand difficulties for the sake of wife and children. Run around all over from east to west just to keep food in the mouth.)
  千辛萬苦為著妻與子,奔東奔西為著渡日子。

• Chiensyn baxnkhor, lorng si uixtiøh cid ee paktor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor, lorng si ui'tiøh cid ee pag'tor. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand hardships, all for the sake of this belly.)
  千辛萬苦,都是為了這個肚子。

jymsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jirm'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]

mercilessly, hard-hearted, ruthless

忍心

• jymsym parngsag bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jirm'sym paxng'sag bor'kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  mercilessly deserted his wife and children
  忍心丟棄妻兒

kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kex (kax) [[...]][i#] [p.]

marry a husband, give a daughter in marriage, implicate

嫁

• Y bin'afzaix boeq kex za'bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y biin'ar'zaix boeq kex zaf'bor'kviar. Y biin'ar'zaix bøeq kex zaf'bor'kviar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is going to marry his daughter off tomorrow.
  他明天要嫁女兒。

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