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zhof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof [[...]][i#] [p.]

beginning, the first

初

• Goar zhozhof laai Taioaan ee sii, lorng bexhiao eng ti ciaqpng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zhof'zhof laai Taai'oaan ee sii, lorng be'hiao eng ti ciah'png.; Goar zhof'zhof laai Taai'oaan ee sii, lorng bøe'hiao eng ti ciah'png. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When I first came to Taiwan, I did not know how to use chopsticks at all.
  我剛剛到台灣的時候,都不會用筷子吃飯。

zhozhaix pøqciuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'zhaix pøh'ciuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

ordinary food and weak wine

粗菜淡酒

• Eng zhozhaix pøqciuo chviar lie, cyn sitlea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng zhof'zhaix pøh'ciuo chviar lie, cyn sid'lea. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  polite words expressed by the host making an excuse for the food not being good enough for the guest (Lit. Please excuse me for giving you bad vegetables to eat and thin wine to drink.)
  用粗菜淡酒請你,真失禮。

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