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zhurnkym lanbøea zhurnkong'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuxn'kym laan'bea zhuxn'kofng'ym; zhuxn'kym laan'bøea zhuxn'kofng'ym ⬆︎ [[...]]

an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time

寸金難買寸光陰

Itzhuxn kong'ym itzhurnkym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Id'zhuxn kofng'ym id'zhuxn'kym. ⬆︎ [[...]]
moment of time is an inch of gold
一寸光陰一寸金

zhunsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhwn'siaw ⬆︎ [[...]]

spring nights, night rendezvous between lovers, night of wedding

春宵

zhunsiaw itkheg tat chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhwn'siaw id'kheg tat chiefn'kym ⬆︎ [[...]]
A minute in a night rendezvous is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Every minute of the wedding night is precious.
春宵一刻值千金。

ge [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ge ⬆︎ [[...]]

art, skill, talent, craft, dexterity

藝

Sux zuo chienkym putjuu kaux zuo itge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn'kym pud'juu kaux zuo id'ge. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Better to teach your son a trade (artistic skill) than give him a thousand pieces of gold.
賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

hongtefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'tefng ⬆︎ [[...]]

seal a casket with nails

封釘(在棺木上釘四個釘子)

Id hongtefng kviafsun'ar pux ban kym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Id hofng'tefng kviar'swn'ar pux ban kym. ⬆︎ [[...]]
As soon as the casket is sealed the descendants will be prosperous.
一封釘,子孫富萬金。

itkheg chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'kheg chiefn'kym ⬆︎ [[...]]

One moment is worth a thousand pieces of gold. — Time is precious. (said of newlyweds during honey-moon)

一刻千金

itlok chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'lok chiefn'kym ⬆︎ [[...]]

A promise is (worth as much) as a thousand teals.

一諾千金

kong'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'ym ⬆︎ [[...]]

time (Lit. light and shadow)

光陰

aesiøq kong'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'siøq kofng'ym ⬆︎ [[...]]
value time
愛惜光陰

Id zhuxn kong'ym id zhuxn kym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Id zhuxn kofng'ym id zhuxn kym. ⬆︎ [[...]]
An inch of time is worth an inch of gold.
一寸光陰,一寸金

Sux zuo chiefn kym, putjuu kaux zuo id ge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn kym, pud'juu kaux zuo id ge. ⬆︎ [[...]]

Better to teach your child a trade than to give him a thousand dollars.

賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.
DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)
Maryknoll: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)
TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).
EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.
Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)
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TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.