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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。

zhutthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'thaau [[...]] 

appear, show up, present oneself, special skill, play tricks

出頭,出面,出人頭地,花樣

• Hauxsvy iawbøe zhutthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hau'svy iao'boe zhud'thaau.; Hau'svy iao'bøe zhud'thaau. [[...]] 
  don't have a son yet
  還沒有兒子

• Lie na bøo zhutthaau (zhutbin), taixcix bøe kaykoad. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na bøo zhud'thaau (zhud'bin), tai'cix be kae'koad.; Lie na bøo zhud'thaau (zhud'bin), tai'cix bøe kae'koad. [[...]] 
  The problem cannot be settled, unless you make an appearance.
  你要是不出面,事情不能解決。

thausve'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'svef'ar; thaau'svef/svy'ar [[...]] 

born fist of domestic fowl livestock

家禽家畜的頭胎

tientørthausvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiefn'tøx'thaau'svef; tiefn'tøx'thaau'svef/svy [[...]] 

breech presentation (obstetrics)

臀位生產

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