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- Ze kviar gøxsie pe, ze simpu gøxsie ta'kef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ze kviar gø'sie pe, ze sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef.; Zøe kviar gø'sie pe, zøe sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- too many workers, nothing gets done (Lit. When there are many children the father starves to death, when there are many daughters in law the mother in law starves to death.)
- 兒子多餓死父親,媳婦多餓死婆婆。
- Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør ta'kef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kirn pharng bøo hør sef, kirn kex bøo hør taf'kef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Haste makes waste. (Lit. If you spin thread quickly on the spinning machine you won't have a good yarn, if you marry a husband quickly you won't have a good mother-in-law.)
- 快紡無好紗,快嫁無好婆婆(欲速則不達,弄巧成拙)
- gvofgek ta'ke'kvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvor'gek taf'kef'kvoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
- disobedient to one's father-in-law and mother-in-law
- 忤逆公婆
- niuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
- provisions, supplies, food, grains
- 糧
- padlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pat'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
- different person, another man, others, outsiders, people who do not belong to one's own circle, organization or family
- 別人
- ta'hiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'hiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
- dried leaves
- 乾枯的樹葉
- ta'kef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef [[...]][i#] [p.]
- mother-in-law, husband's mother
- 婆婆
- ta'ke'kvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef'kvoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
- husband's parents
- 公婆
- ta'kef simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef sym'pu [[...]][i#] [p.]
- mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
- 婆媳
- ta'khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]
- dried up, withered, run dry, be exhausted, used up
- 乾枯,光了
- ta'kvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kvoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
- husband's father
- 公公
- ta'niuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
- dry provisions, canned or packed food ready to serve, K-rations
- 乾糧
- ta'taf-kiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'taf'kiøx; taf'taf-kiøx [[...]][i#] [p.]
- boast, brag, talk big
- 呱呱叫,亂吹牛
- ta'teng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- edibles or soil too dry and hard
- 乾硬
- ta'thox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'thox; (khafng'ao) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- dry heaves, retch
- 乾嘔
- ta'thoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'thoo [[...]][i#] [p.]
- dry land
- 乾土
- ta'tien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'tien [[...]][i#] [p.]
- battery
- 乾電池