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zay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay [[...]] 

plant, care for plants, transplant, set plant out, young plants for transplanting (also said of some animals)

栽,苗

• zay bøe oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay be oah; zay bøe oah [[...]] 
  It will not live if you plant it.
  栽不活

• zhaebiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'biaau; (zhaix'zay) [[...]] 
  young plants of vegetables
  菜苗

• ciarzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciax'zay [[...]] 
  young sugar cane plants
  蔗苗

• hizay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'zay [[...]] 
  fry of fish
  魚苗

• hoezay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef'zay [[...]] 
  young flower plants from a nursery
  花苗

• soafzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soar'zay; (pvoaa'zay) [[...]] 
  transplant
  移植

• Cit jit soafzay, svajit khiaxngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit jit soar'zay, svaf'jit khia'ngg. [[...]] 
  It takes time to get settled into a new situation. (Lit. One day you transplant a young plant, it will wither for three days.)
  一日移植,三日葉黃。新環境不易適應。

zherngkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhexng'kw [[...]] 

seek or be in the limelight, presumptuous, smug, tacky, vain, focus on one's appearance, meddlesome, officious

出風頭,愛臭美

• Sviw zherngkw, u cit jit lie e khix limtiøh kvy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sviw zhexng'kw, u cit jit lie e khix lym'tiøh kvy. [[...]] 
  You are too meddlesome, one day someone will teach you a thing or two (Lit. you will drink lye).
  好管閒事,有一天你會得到教訓。

Cidjit zvae kawty, kawjit bøo ty zvae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit'jit zvae kao'ty, kao'jit bøo ty zvae. [[...]] 

lit. One day kill 9 pigs, nine days no pigs to kill. To do something by fits and starts

一暴十寒

cit mee cit jit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit mee cit jit [[...]] 

one day one night, twenty four hours

一天一夜

cidpvoarjidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'pvoax'jit'ar; (cit'pvoax'jit) [[...]] 

in a day or two, in a few days

一兩天,過一兩天

cviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu; (siong) [[...]] 

above, upon, upper, go up, ascend, come up to, go above

上

• m cviu cidgøeqjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m cviu cit goeh jit; m cviu cit'gøeh'jit; (m cviu cit kor goeh) [[...]] 
  not quite a month
  不到一個月

• cviu zhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu zhefng [[...]] 
  reach or more than one thousand
  上千

cviuxsvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'svoaf [[...]] 

ascend a mountain, go ashore (archaic)

上山

• Cviuxsvoaf ia cit jit, løqhae ia cit jit. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf ia cit jit, løh'hae ia cit jit. [[...]] 
  nice way of saying one should not be in a rush to get things done. Festina lente! (Lit. Going up the mountain is a day, going down to sea is also a day)
  上山也一天,下海也一天,慢慢來,不用急。

• Cviuxsvoaf khvoax svoasix, jibmngg khvoax lang'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf khvoax svoaf'six, jip'mngg khvoax laang'ix. [[...]] 
  Be aware of the wishes of your host. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (Lit. In climbing a mountain, look at the mountain contours, if you enter a person's home, consider his feelings.)
  見風轉舵,入鄉隨俗。

zoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoarn [[...]] 

earn or gain money or food

賺

• cit jit zoarn (thaxn) lak zap khof. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit jit zoarn (thaxn) lak zap khof. [[...]] 
  earn sixty dollars a day
  一天賺六十塊。

iao hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iao hør; (iao'kuo hør) [[...]] 

excusable, tolerable, passable

還好

• Na cit nng jit iao hør (iawkuo exexngtid). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na cit nng jit iao hør (iao'kuo e'eng'tid). [[...]] 
  day or two would have been excusable, but …
  要是一兩天還好,還可以

• Goar ee sengkhw iao (iawkuo) høfhør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee sefng'khw iao (iao'kuo) hør'hør. [[...]] 
  I am tolerably well.
  我的身體還好好的。

• Hid taai thihbea iao (iawkøq) høfhør, mxthafng bøea syn ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid taai thiq'bea iao (iao'køq) hør'hør, m'thafng bea syn ee.; Hid taai thiq'bea iao (iao'køq) hør'hør, m'thafng bøea syn ee. [[...]] 
  That bike is still in good shape, don't buy a new one.
  那輛自行車還好好的,不要買新的。

keq cit jit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keq cit jit; (keq cit''lea'paix, keq cit'nii) [[...]] 

every other day (week, year)

隔一天(星期,年)

• keq jit laai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keq jit laai [[...]] 
  come on alternate days
  隔天來

kehjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: keq'jit; (laxng'jit) [[...]] 

every other day

隔日,隔天

• Kehjit (nngxjit) laai cit pae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Keq'jit (nng'jit) laai cit pae [[...]] 
  Come every other day
  隔天(隔兩天) 來一次

liao cit jit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liao cit jit [[...]] 

one day wasted

浪費一天

Lømar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Løo'mar [[...]] 

Rome

羅馬

• Lømar mxsi cidjit zøxseeng ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Løo'mar m'si cit'jit zø'seeng ee. [[...]] 
  Rome was not built in a day.
  羅馬不是一天造成的。

mee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mee; (mii) [[...]] 

night

夜

• za'mee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'mee [[...]] 
  last night
  昨夜,昨晚

• cidmee cidjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'mee cit'jit [[...]] 
  one-day one night (Lit. 24 hours)
  一天一夜

• gøeqarmmee/gøeqarmmii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goeh'axm'mee; gøeh'axm'mee/mii [[...]] 
  moonless night
  無月夜

• gøeqkngf-mee/gøeqkngf-mii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goeh'kngf'mee; gøeh'kngf-mee [[...]] 
  bright moonlight night
  月夜

ngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ngg; (hoong) [[...]] 

yellow, surname

黃

• kim'ngg-seg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'ngg'seg; kym'ngg-seg [[...]] 
  rich golden yellow
  金黃色

• Cidjit soafzay, svajit khiaxngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit'jit soar'zay, svaf'jit khia'ngg. [[...]] 
  When moving into a new place at first it is not very comfortable or easy to be successful. (Lit. It takes three days before a plant loses its withered look after being transplanted.)
  一日移苗,三日葉黃(新環靜不易適應)。

pengkyn/pengkwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peeng'kyn; (peeng'kwn) [[...]] 

an average, find the average, on an average

平均

• Y cit jit pengkyn zøx lak tiafmzefng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cit jit peeng'kyn zøx lak tiarm'zefng. [[...]] 
  He works six hours a day on the average.
  他平均一天工作六小時。

• bøo pengkyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo peeng'kyn [[...]] 
  unbalanced
  不平均

• pengkyn khvoarbai`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peeng'kyn khvoax'bai lex; peeng'kyn khvoax'bai`leq [[...]] 
  find out the average
  平均看看

phirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phirn [[...]] 

agree upon

約定

• Taixkef ciaux phirn ciaux kviaa tø hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'kef ciaux phirn ciaux kviaa tø hør. [[...]] 
  It's sufficient that everyone do according to what was agreed upon.
  大家照約定來做就好。

• Phirn cit jit kax yn kviar kax nng tiafmzefng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phirn cit jit kax yn kviar kax nng tiarm'zefng. [[...]] 
  She was expected to teach the child for two hours a day.
  約定一天教她的兒子兩個鐘頭。

soafzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soar'zay [[...]] 

transplant

移苗,移植

• Cidjit soafzay, svajit khiaxngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit'jit soar'zay, svaf'jit khia'ngg. [[...]] 
  It takes three days before a plant loses its withered look after being transplanted. — a man who moves into a new place is not at first very comfortable or successful
  一日移植,三日葉黃,新環境不易適應

thaau cit jit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau cit jit [[...]] 

the first day

頭一天

thoaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaq; (thoad) [[...]] 

to tide over, procrastinate, escape from (danger)

脫(險),拖,渡

• cit jit thoaq (thoaf) koex cidjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit jit thoaq (thoaf) koex cit'jit [[...]] 
  put off day after day (the payment of money due or something that we ought to do), day after day, e.g., a sickness, the condition remains the same
  一天拖(渡)過一天

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