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🗣 Zhvef ciah tøf bøkaux, nar u thafng phagkvoaf./Chvy ciah tøf bøkaux, nar u thafng phagkvoaf. 🗣 (u: Zhvef/Chvy ciah tøf bøo'kaux, nar u thafng phak'kvoaf.) 生食都無夠，哪有通曝乾。 [wt][mo] Tshenn tsia̍h to bô-kàu, ná ū thang pha̍k-kuann. [#]: 1. () || 生吃都不夠了，哪有多餘的可以曬乾。「曝乾」通常是指食物過剩時曬乾儲存。比喻現實生活已捉襟見肘，對未來的日子更不敢奢望。; 🗣le: (u: AF'gi pie goar khaq gaau thaxn'cvii, beq ciøf zhud'kog chid'thøo ee sii'zun, goar suii ka ixn korng goar thaxn ee goeh'kib “zhvef ciah tøf bøo'kaux, nar u thafng phak'kvoaf”`leq?) 🗣 (阿義比我較𠢕趁錢，欲招出國𨑨迌的時陣，我隨共應講我趁的月給「生食都無夠，哪有通曝乾」咧？) (阿義比我更會賺錢，要邀我去國外旅遊的時候，我立刻回話說我的月薪「應付家用後，所剩無幾，怎可能還有閒錢出國旅遊」呢？)
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🗣 zørkvoaf/zøeakvoaf 🗣 (u: zøx'kvoaf zøx/zøex'kvoaf) 做官 [wt][mo] tsò-kuann [#]: 1. () (CE) to take an official post; to become a government employee || 做官
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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。

zhaosimkvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'sym'kvoaf; (zhaux'sym'heng) [[...]]

always trying to injure people, a wicked mind

存心不良,壞心肝

zhveciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef'ciah; zhvef/chvy'ciah [[...]]

eat raw

生食

bøo thafng zhveciah, nar uxthafng phagkvoaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo thafng zhvef'ciah, nar u'thafng phak'kvoaf. [[...]]
If I don't have enough to eat, how can I set aside food to use later. Look, I don't have enough money to get along, certainly, I don't have any to spare.
生吃已不夠, 那能醃乾?錢已不夠用,哪能儲蓄?

zørkvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'kvoaf [[...]]

be a government official, hold a government post

作官

Zørkvoaf zhengliaam, ciaqpng kiawiaam. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx'kvoaf zhefng'liaam, ciah'png kiao'iaam.; Zøx/Zøex'kvoaf zhefng'liaam, ciah'png kiao'iaam. [[...]]
said in praise of the honest public servant, To be an honest official one must be very frugal in his life style. (Lit. If an official is not ambitious to become rich, he must use salt rather than fine foods or delicacies to flavor his rice.
做官清廉,吃飯拌鹽。

kvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvoaf; (koafn) [[...]]