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zaixsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'svef [[...]][i#] [p.]

be among the living, be living, be in the world, not dead

在世

• Zaixsvef ciah cit liap tau, khahhør syau haux ti'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It's better to take care of parents while they are alive rather than make a show of being filial at their funeral. (Lit. Better to give parents one bean when living rather than to offer them a pig's head after they die.)
  在生吃一粒豆,勝過死後孝豬頭。父母在世時好好孝敬,比在身後才大事祭拜有意義。

• Zaixsvef m haux na'aau, syau ciaq haux kvoazha'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to pay respect to parents after they die after not taking care of them while they were living, unfilial
  父母在生不養,死後才想孝敬。

zhefngkaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zherng'kaux [[...]][i#] [p.]

a polite term used before asking a question (Lit. I beg you to instruct me.)

請教

• Goar boeq zhefngkaux lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar boeq zherng'kaux lie.; Goar bøeq zherng'kaux lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  May I ask you about…
  我要請教你。

• Zhefngkaux lie cide, hoefchiathaau ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zherng'kaux lie cit'e, hoea'chiaf'thaau ti tøq'ui? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Excuse me, where is the railway station?
  請教你,火車站在哪兒 ?

• Na u m zaiviar ee taixcix, goar boeq laai zhefngkaux lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na u m zay'viar ee tai'cix, goar boeq laai zherng'kaux lie.; Na u m zay'viar ee tai'cix, goar bøeq laai zherng'kaux lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If there is anything which I don't know, I'll come and ask you about it.
  如有不明瞭的事, 我要來請教你。

chiwthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

hold, seize, grasp property or authority, have something one's command

手頭,手中

• Zaisarn ti yn lauxpe ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaai'sarn ti yn lau'pe ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The property is under his father's control.
  財產在他父親的手中。

• Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau.; Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He holds the authority to approve or to reject.
  准或不准在他的手中。

• chiwthaau aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau aan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  short of cash
  手頭緊

cviarthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviax'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

the right side or doctrine, proper, correct, the right side as opposed to the reverse side, front, put or hold in the proper direction

正面,正端

• He cviarthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: He cviax'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Lay in the proper direction.
  放正

• Cid siafng ti , tøq cit thaau si cviarthaau, tøq cit thaau si tørthaau? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid siafng ti , tøq cit thaau si cviax'thaau, tøq cit thaau si tøx'thaau? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Which is the right end of these chopsticks?
  這雙筷子那一 端是頭,那一端是尾 ?

• U ee khuxn cviarthaau, u ee khuxn tørthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U ee khuxn cviax'thaau, u ee khuxn tøx'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Some are sleeping in the proper direction, some are not.
  有的睡正端,有的睡另一端。

ciah-thaulo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah thaau'lo; ciah-thaau'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

be employed

就業,就職

• Lie ti tøh'ui teq ciah thaulo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ti tøq'ui teq ciah thaau'lo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Where are you working?
  你在那兒工作 ?

ciøqthauphang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'thaau'phang [[...]][i#] [p.]

crevice between rocks

石頭縫

• Hid khoarn chiuar lorng hoad ti ciøqthauphang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn chiu'ar lorng hoad ti ciøh'thaau'phang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That kind of tree always grows out of a crevice.
  那種樹都長在石頭縫。

høea siøf ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf ty'thaau; høea siøf ty'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

said of a person who is already very familiar (Lit. burnt pig's head, face very well done)

火燒豬頭,很面熟

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

pangthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paang'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

family tribe or clan

家族

• Yn u zabgoa hviati, sofie sngrsi toa pangthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn u zap'goa hviaf'ti, sor'ie sngx'si toa paang'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  They have over ten brothers so they are considered a large family clan.
  他們有十多個兄弟,所以算是大家族。

pvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvex; pvex/pvix; (pvix, pexng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

handle, hilt (of a sword), half (of a dagger), grasp, grip, shaft, (broom) stick

柄

• saociuo-pvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saux'ciuo'pvex; saux'ciuo-pvex/pvix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  broomstick
  掃帚柄

• ti'thaupvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau'pvex; ty'thaau'pvex/pvix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hoe handle
  鋤頭柄

• tøpvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf'pvex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  handle of a knife (sword)
  刀柄

tefngsy koarn exsy, ti'thaau koarn purnky. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: terng'sy koarn e'sy, tii'thaau koarn puxn'ky. [[...]][i#] [p.]

upper will rule lower, the mattock rules the bamboo scoop, at every level the superior will lord it over the inferior

上司管下司,鋤頭管畚箕,大魚吃小魚,小魚吃蝦子,大壓小。

thvy ti thaukhakterng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thvy ti thaau'khag'terng [[...]][i#] [p.]

Heaven is above my head, I am speaking all truthfully, Heaven sees and will punish me if I speak falsely (said as a sort of oath)

老天在頭上

ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

pig's head

豬頭

ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

to hoe, a hoe

鋤頭

ti'thaupvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'thaau'pvex [[...]][i#] [p.]

handle of a hoe

鋤頭柄

ti'thaupeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau'peeng; (ty'thaau'puii) [[...]][i#] [p.]

mumps

腮腺炎

ti'thaau-phøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau'phoee; ty'thaau-phøee [[...]][i#] [p.]

skin from a pig's head

豬頭皮

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