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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。

cixnzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cin'zai [[...]][i#] [p.]

be decided by, depend on

取決於

• E sengkofng ar be si cixnzai lie ka'ti ee koatsym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: E seeng'kofng ar be si cin'zai lie kaf'ti ee koad'sym.; Øe seeng'kofng aq bøe si cin'zai lie kaf'ti ee koad'sym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Success or failure depend upon your determination.
  成不成功取決於你自己的決心。

• Cixnzai cid pae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cin'zai cid pae [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It'll be decided this time. (This time will decide.)
  完全看這次

phien'oarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phiefn'oarn [[...]][i#] [p.]

remote, faraway

偏遠

• Polie si ti cyn phien'oarn ee sofzai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pof'lie si ti cyn phiefn'oarn ee sor'zai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Puli is in a very remote place.
  埔里是在很偏遠的地方。

ti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ti; (zai) [[...]][i#] [p.]

already or actually in, at, or on (a place)

在

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