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ciaqzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'zoe [[...]][i#] [p.]

receive punishment for sin or crime

頂罪

• Thøex laang ciaqzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thex laang ciah'zoe; Thøex laang ciah'zoe [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bear the responsibility of another's crime or fault
  替人頂罪

cixn-thøex liofnglaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex liorng'laan; cixn-thøex liorng'laan [[...]][i#] [p.]

be in a dilemma (to have difficulty going either forward of backward)

進退兩難

liofnglaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liorng'laan [[...]][i#] [p.]

literally, between two difficulties — indecisive, dilemma

兩難

• cixn-thøex liofnglaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex liorng'laan; cixn-thøex liorng'laan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in a dilemma, to go on or to draw back are both difficult
  進退兩難

putcixn zeg thøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'cixn zeg thex; pud'cixn zeg thøex [[...]][i#] [p.]

either advance or retreat

不進則退

• Hak juu gegsuie hengciw, putcixn zeg thex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hak juu gek'suie heeng'ciw, pud'cixn zeg thex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There is no standing still. (in life) One either advances or retreats.
  學如逆水行舟,不進則退。

putpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'peeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

indignant at injustice done to another, complaint, grievance, grumble, complain

不平

• zernglaang cyn putpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'laang cyn pud'peeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  every one is indignant at such injustice
  眾人很不平

• thøex laang putpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex laang pud'peeng; thøex laang pud'peeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  indignant at the wrong done to a third person
  替人抱不平

tam'iw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafm'iw [[...]][i#] [p.]

be anxious, be grieved, to worry, bear sorrow

擔憂

• thøex laang tam'iw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex laang tafm'iw; thøex laang tafm'iw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be sorry for a person
  替人擔憂

thøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex; thøex; (thoex) [[...]][i#] [p.]

for, instead of, in place of, to substitute, to change, take the place of, supersede

替

• kiøx kauthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiøx kaw'thex; kiøx kaw'thøex; (liah kaw'thex) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the ghost of a drowned man or suicide, causing a man to be drowned or tempting a man to kill himself so that the ghost may get back again to life, which it cannot do till some one thus takes its place
  找替死鬼

• siøthex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'thex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  do work or keep watch by turns
  輪流

• taixthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'thex; tai'thøex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to substitute, take the place of a person
  代替

• thøex y khøfliin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex y khør'liin; thøex y khør'liin [[...]][i#] [p.]
  have compassion on him, pity him
  替他可憐

thøex laang siogzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex laang siok'zoe; thøex laang siok'zoe [[...]][i#] [p.]

atone for the sins of mankind

替人贖罪

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