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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。

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

filial piety, act in a filial manner, worship with offerings

孝

gu'tiofng gu'haux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu'tiofng guu'haux [[...]][i#] [p.]

blind devotion to one's lord and parents

愚忠愚孝

haux kafmtong thiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: haux karm'tong thiefn [[...]][i#] [p.]

filial piety can move Heaven

孝感動天

Huxbør put'haux, kerngsiin hø'eg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hu'bør pud'haux, kexng'siin høo'eg.; Hu'bør/buo pud'haux, kexng'siin høo'eg. [[...]][i#] [p.]

If you don't take care of your parents what good does it do to worship the gods.

父母不孝,敬神何益。

huxzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'zuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

father and son

父子

• huxzuo cy zeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'zuo cy zeeng; (pe'kviar cy zeeng) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  love between father and son
  父子之情

• hu zuu zuo haux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu zuu zuo haux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The father is affectionate, and the son is dutiful.
  父慈子孝

jixsix haux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'six haux [[...]][i#] [p.]

twenty-four examples of filial piety

二十四孝

khiarmzex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaxm'zex [[...]][i#] [p.]

owe a debt

欠債

• Khiarmzex oaxn zeazuo, put'haux oaxn pexbuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khiaxm'zex oaxn zex'zuo, pud'haux oaxn pe'buo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Debtor hates the creditor, un-filial son hates his parents.
  欠債怨債主,不孝怨父母。

• khiaxm laang ee zex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaxm laang ee zex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in debt to a person
  欠人的債

peksien haux uisiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peg'sien haux uii'siefn [[...]][i#] [p.]

of all virtues filial piety is chief

百善孝為先

put'haux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'haux [[...]][i#] [p.]

want of filial piety, unfilial, undutiful, disobedient to parents

不孝

put'haux iwsafm, bu'hiø uitai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'haux iuo'safm, buu'hiø uii'tai [[...]][i#] [p.]

Having no male heir is the gravest of three cardinal offenses against filial piety.

不孝有三,無後為大。

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

spoil (a child), indulge an inferior too much, allowing him to do as he pleases

寵溺

• thefngseng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: therng'seng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  allow one's inferior to do as he (she) pleases, spoil
  縱溺

• Seng ty giaa zaux, seng kviar put'haux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Seng ty giaa zaux, seng kviar pud'haux. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A pig allowed its own way burrows under the stove, a spoiled child is unfilial.
  寵豬抬灶,縱子不孝。

suoii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sux'ii; (sux'uii) [[...]][i#] [p.]

four ethical principles, i.e., ''lea'', ''gi'', ''liaam'', ''thie''

四維(禮,義,廉,恥)

• suoii patteg (lea, gi, liaam, thie, tiofng, haux, jiin, aix, sixn, gi, høo, peeng). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sux'ii pad'teg (lea, gi, liaam, thie, tiofng, haux, jiin, aix, sixn, gi, høo, peeng). [[...]][i#] [p.]
  four ethical principles and eight cardinal virtues
  四維八德(禮,義,廉,恥,忠,孝,仁,愛,信,義,和,平)

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