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aezeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'zeeng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

love, affection

愛情

• Pexbør ee aezeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør ee aix'zeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym.; Pe'bør/buo ee aix'zeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  A parent's love is higher than a mountain and deeper than the sea.
  父母的愛情比山還高,比海還深。

bør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bør; bør/buo; (buo) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

mother, female animals, capital money, yogurt or cheese culture

母

• auxbør, keabør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør, kex'bør; au'bør/buo, kex'bør/buo ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  stepmother
  繼母

• huxbør, pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'bør, pe'bør; hu'bør/buo, pe'bør/buo ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  father and mother
  父母

• køebør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'bør; køef'bør/buo ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  hen
  母雞

• lengbør/lengbuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lefng'bør ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  wet nurse
  奶媽

• svebør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'bør; svef/svy'bør/buo ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  real mother
  生母

bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu ⬆︎ [[...]] 

no one takes care

無人管,自由

• Pexbør cide sie, soaq piernzøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør cit'e sie, soaq piexn'zøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu.; Pe'bør/buo cit'e sie, soaq piexn'zøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  After the parents pass away, no one takes care of things.
  父母一死,竟無人管。

boaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaa ⬆︎ [[...]] 

toil, labor hard

勞

• thoaboaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'boaa ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  toil very hard
  勞苦,折磨

• Goar seahaxn ee sii, pexbør cyn thoaboaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør cyn thoaf'boaa.; Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør/buo cyn thoaf'boaa. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  When I was young, my parents worked very hard.
  我小時候,父母很勞苦。

• tiøh thoaboaa laai chi bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh thoaf'boaa laai chi bor'kviar. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  work very hard to support a wife and kids
  得辛勞來養妻兒。

boong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boong ⬆︎ [[...]] 

die, perish, go away, absent or escaped

亡

• biedboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biet'boong ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  be destroyed, perish, destruction
  滅亡

• huxbiør songboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'biør sofng'boong ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  both parents are dead
  父母喪亡

• liuboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liuu'boong ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  be exiled, wander in a strange land, fugitive
  流亡

• liuboong-zernghuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liuu'boong zexng'huo; liuu'boong-zexng'huo ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  government in exile
  流亡政府

• syboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'boong ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  death, die, perished
  死亡

• tixnboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tin'boong ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  die in battle
  陣亡

zaixsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'svef ⬆︎ [[...]] 

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. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  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. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  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。

huxbiør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'biør; (hu'bør) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

parents

父母

huxbiør cy pafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'biør cy pafng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

one's own country, one's native land

父母之邦

huxbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'bør; hu'bør/buo ⬆︎ [[...]] 

parents

父母

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. ⬆︎ [[...]] 

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。

ykip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'kip ⬆︎ [[...]] 

and, as well as, both…and

以及

• pexbuo ykip (kab) kviafjii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'buo ie'kip (kab) kviar'jii ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  parents and children
  父母以及(和) 兒女

khaoloxthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'lo'thaau ⬆︎ [[...]] 

mourning done by daughter

父母死後出嫁女兒回娘家時要一路跪哭回家

parngkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paxng'kviar ⬆︎ [[...]] 

abandon (forsake) one's children (Lit. hen won't care for chicks anymore)

父母親不要孩子,母雞不再帶小雞(因為小雞長大了)

pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør; pe'bør/buo ⬆︎ [[...]] 

father and mother, parents

父母

pexbøfkvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør'kvoaf; pe'bør/buo'kvoaf ⬆︎ [[...]] 

magistrate (popular term for), local official

父母官

sixtoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: si'toa; (si'toa'laang) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

a superior, parents

長上,父母

siangzoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siafng'zoaan ⬆︎ [[...]] 

both intact

雙全

• bengli siangzoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'li siafng'zoaan ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  having both fame and fortune complete
  名利雙全

• pexbuo siangzoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'buo siafng'zoaan ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  both parents alive
  父母雙全

toa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa; (tai) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

big, large, great, tall, high, extensive, vast, spacious, much, very, highly, extremely, the eldest, the highest in rank, full grown, adult, make large, make great

大

• be toa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be toa; bøe toa ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  not growing well
  發育不好

• gøeqtoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goeh'toa; gøeh'toa ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  lunar (or solar) month of 30 (or 31) days
  月大

• sixtoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: si'toa ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  a superior
  長輩

• sixtoaxlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: si'toa'laang ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  parents
  父母

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