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baktafng baksay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag'tafng bag'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

covered with all sorts of filth

沾這沾那

zaftafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zar'tafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

early summer crop of rice

春耕,早稻,一期稻

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。

e pvoartafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e pvoax'tafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

second half of the year

下半年

hør-nitafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'nii'tafng hør-nii'tafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

year of abundance, a fat year, bumper harvest year

好景,豐年

jibtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jip'tafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

beginning of winter

入冬

laggøeqtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lak'goeh'tafng lak'gøeh'tafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

harvest of the sixth moon, the first harvest

第一期作

libtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lip'tafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

beginning of Winter (between Nov. 7-21)

立冬

mngxtafng-mngxsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'tafng'mng'say mng'tafng-mng'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

ask many questions about other people's affairs

問東問西

• Gyn'ar kuijit lorng teq mngxtangmngxsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Girn'ar kuy'jit lorng teq mng'tafng'mng'say. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Children like to ask all sorts of questions all day long.
  孩子整天都在問東問西。

ni'tafng-nisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ny'tafng ny'say ny'tafng-ny'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

take up small quantities of things in the fingers, to pick at this and that

拿這拿那

ni'taw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nii'taw [[...]][i#] [p.]

end of the year

年終

• tangzeq ti goeqthaau, o'kvoaa ti ni'taw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'zeq ti goeh'thaau, of'kvoaa ti nii'taw. tafng'zøeq ti gøeh'thaau, of'kvoaa ti nii'taw. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When the winter solstice is at the beginning of the month, cold weather will come before the end of the year.
  冬至值月頭,烏寒值年終

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