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Bøefbøe sngx hwn, siøchviar bøo lun./Bøefbøe sngx hwn, svachviar bøo lun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bea'be sngx'hwn, siøf'chviar bøo'lun.; Bøea'bøe sngx hwn, siøf/svaf'chviar bøo lun. [[...]] 

In trade, people count to a fraction, in treatment of guests, don't count the expense

買賣算分,相請不計較

bøexhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hør; bøe'hør [[...]] 

describes an incurable sickness, a hopeless case, work which it is not possible to finish or get done

不會好,好不了。

• Y ee pve bøexhør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee pve be'hør.; Y ee pve/pvi bøe'hør. [[...]] 
  He cannot recover from his sickness.
  他的病不會好。

• Cit'ee khangkhøex køq zøx svajit, iao zøx bøexhør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee khafng'khoex køq zøx svaf'jit, iao zøx be'hør.; Cid'ee khafng'khøex køq zøx svaf'jit, iao zøx bøe'hør. [[...]] 
  This job cannot be completed in only three more days.
  這個工作再三天還做不完。

bøexkviezexng`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'kvix'zexng'tid; bøe'kvix'zexng`tid [[...]] 

unfit to be looked at publicly, as man or affair all incorrect, ugly, dirty

見不得人

• Citniar svaf bøe-kviezexng-tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf be'kvix'zexng'tid.; Cid'niar svaf bøe-kvix'zexng-tid. [[...]] 
  This shirt is terrible looking. (very dirty or out-of-date)
  這件衣服見不得人。

boxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boxng; (boxng'boxng) [[...]] 

thoughtless, careless, reckless

惘,放蕩

• Cid ee gyn'ar cyn boxng (borngboxng) m thagzheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar cyn boxng (boxng'boxng) m thak'zheq. [[...]] 
  This kid is very reckless, he won't study.
  這個孩子很放蕩,不讀書。

• Lie cyn boxng, svatngx ciah bøe par, iao sviuxbøeq bøea tiexnsi. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie cyn boxng, svaf'tngx ciah be par, iao sviu'boeq bea tien'si.; Lie cyn boxng, svaf'tngx ciah bøe par, iao sviu'bøeq bøea tien'si. [[...]] 
  You are very reckless, you don't eat three full meals a day but you are thinking of buying a television set.
  你很糊塗,三餐不飽,還想要買電視。

zuxzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'zai [[...]] 

comfortable, at ease (with oneself and the world), freely, at will, (in Buddhism) free resistance, the mind free from delusion, independent, free, unrestrained, stable

自在,安穩

• Svaf khaf yar ze lorng bøe zuxzai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Svaf khaf ie'ar ze lorng be zu'zai.; Svaf khaf ie'ar ze lorng bøe zu'zai. [[...]] 
  A three-legged chair cannot be stable.
  椅子三隻腳坐都坐不自在。

khad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khad; (kheg) [[...]] 

sustain, endure (one's jealousy)

克

• bøexkhad`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'khad'tid; bøe'khad`tid [[...]] 
  be jealous of, be displeased (out of jealousy)
  嫉妒,看不慣

• Goar zheng sinsvaf, y teq bøexkhad`tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zheng syn'svaf, y teq be'khad'tid.; Goar zheng syn'svaf, y teq bøe'khad`tid. [[...]] 
  She feels jealous because I am wearing a new dress.
  她在嫉妒我穿新衣。

• Goar cvii ho lie, bøo ho y, y teq bøexkhad`tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar cvii ho lie, bøo ho y, y teq be'khad'tid.; Goar cvii ho lie, bøo ho y, y teq bøe'khad`tid. [[...]] 
  I gave you money and didn't give him, therefore he is jealous.
  我錢給你,沒有給他,他在嫉妒。

laozaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laux'zaxng [[...]] 

untidy, loose, disorderly

不整齊

• svakhox zheng kaq laozaxng laozaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf'khox zheng kaq laux'zaxng laux'zaxng [[...]] 
  be dressed untidily
  衣服穿得不整齊

nesvaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nee'svaf [[...]] 

spread out clothes to be dried

晾衣服

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)。

siø'oex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'oex; siøf/svaf'øex [[...]] 

infect each other, be contagious

互相傳染

thørsvaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøx'svaf [[...]] 

put burial clothes (can be a number of layers) on a deceased person

給死人穿的衣服

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