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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。

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

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。

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