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zerngkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'kefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

honest, virtuous, correct morality, in earnest

正經

• khaq zerngkefng lex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq zexng'kefng lex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Be more serious.
  正經點兒!

• mxsi zerngkefng ee laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'si zexng'kefng ee laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not an honest respectable person
  不是正經的人

in'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

fate or influence which brings lovers together

姻緣

• hør in'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør yn'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good match
  好姻緣

• In'ieen thvy zuotvia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ieen thvy zux'tvia. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Matches are ordained by God.
  姻緣天註定

• In'ieen thvy zuotvia, mxsi moelaang khaf gaau kviaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ieen thvy zux'tvia, m'si moee'laang khaf gaau kviaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Marriage are made in heaven, not by the match maker's efforts.
  姻緣天註定 不是媒人一線牽。

iuthaau katbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'thaau kad'bin [[...]][i#] [p.]

have worried look, pull long face, having a displeased look

愁眉苦臉

• Tviaxtvia iuthaau katbin ee laang, itteng mxsi khoaelok ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia iw'thaau kad'bin ee laang, id'teng m'si khoaix'lok ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  People who always have long faces definitely are not happy.
  常常愁眉苦臉的人,一定不快樂。

kaq mxsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq m'si [[...]][i#] [p.]

since...not

既不是

• Lie kaq mxsi phoarpve, nar bøo aix khix haghau? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau?; Lie kaq m'si phoax'pve/pvi, nar bøo aix khix hak'hau? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since you are not sick, why don't you want to attend school?
  你既不是生病,為何不去學校?

• Mih kaq mxsi kea ee, lie khix chviar symmihlaang laai khvoax ia bøo iaokirn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Mih kaq m'si kea ee, lie khix chviar sirm'miq'laang laai khvoax ia bøo iaux'kirn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Since the things are not false, it doesn't make any difference whom you ask to look at them.
  貨既不是假的,你去請誰來看也沒有關係。

mxsi-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'si'laang; m'si-laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

inhuman

不是人

• Y mxsixlaang. Y cyn mxsixlaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y m'si'laang. Y cyn m'si'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is inhuman. He is very brutal.
  他不是人。他真不是人。

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