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bøthaau bøbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'thaau bøo'boea; bøo'thaau bøo'bøea [[...]] 

incomplete, incomprehensible, nonsensical, no beginning or end (Lit. no head no tail)

無頭無尾

bøo thaunao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo thaau'nao [[...]] 

stupid (Lit. no brains)

沒有頭腦,愚笨

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。

zha'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'thaau [[...]] 

curse or scolding meaning a stupid ignorant person, also a curse against an idol calling it a useless block of wood because it doesn't answer requests (Lit. a block of wood, or stump, or trunk of wood)

木頭

zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar; zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]] 

be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)

常常被罵

• Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, mxkuo tviaxtvia teq zøx zhaothaau ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, m'kuo tvia'tvia teq zøx zhaux'thaau kef'ar. [[...]] 
  He is not all that bad but people always like to scold him.
  他人也不壞,不過常常被罵。

cymthau'hieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cirm'thaau'hieen [[...]] 

pillow talk of a female companion, slanders or flatteries (Lit. Chinese fiddle played by one's pillow companion)

枕邊細語

ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'say [[...]] 

stone lion found at the entrance of many temples

石獅

• phaq ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq ciøh'say [[...]] 
  carve a stone lion
  彫石獅

• iong padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say; iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør/buo zefng ciøh'say [[...]] 
  use someone for your own advantage, to hurt someone for one's own benefits (Lit. use someone else's fist to carve a stone dragon.)
  用別人的拳頭打石獅,損人利己。

Cidnii voa jixsie'ee thaukef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit nii voa ji'six ee thaau'kef.; Cit'nii voa ji'six''ee thaau'kef. [[...]] 

be fickle, undependable, be unable to stick at one job (Lit. Within one year to change 24 bosses.)

一年換二十四個老闆。

gaxmthaau gaxmbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gam'thaau gam'bin [[...]] 

idiotic, absurd, stupid (Lit. bonehead and stupid look)

呆頭呆腦

gan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gan [[...]] 

shore, bank, beach, coast

岸

• haygan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'gan [[...]] 
  seashore, seacoast
  海岸

• haygan-svoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'gan'svoax; hae'gan-svoax [[...]] 
  coastal route
  海岸線

• høethaau si gan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoee'thaau si gan; høee'thaau si gan [[...]] 
  Repent and salvation is at hand (Lit. Turn around, there's the shore)
  回頭是岸

Giaqthaau svachiøq u sinbeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Giah'thaau svaf'chiøq u siin'beeng. [[...]] 

The gods are always near you. (Lit. Raise your head three feet and there is a spirit.)

舉頭三尺有神明。

goxzafngthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: go'zarng'thaau [[...]] 

the most important part, the why and wherefore of a thing (Lit. where the plant connects to the root)

植物接近根部處

Gu'thaau bøo tuix befzhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Guu'thaau bøo tuix bea'zhuix. [[...]] 

not to the point, unconnected, incongruous (Lit. The head of an ox does not match the mouth of a horse.)

牛頭不對馬嘴,文不對題

høea siøf ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf ty'thaau; høea siøf ty'thaau [[...]] 

said of a person who is already very familiar (Lit. burnt pig's head, face very well done)

火燒豬頭,很面熟

iøthaau pvoaxbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iøo'thaau pvoa'boea; iøo'thaau pvoa'bøea [[...]] 

act obsequiously (Lit. to bobble the head and wag the tail like a dog hoping to please the master)

搖頭擺尾

jixthaau jixbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'thaau ji'boea; ji'thaau ji'bøea [[...]] 

nothing for me in a contract, none of my business (Lit. from the first character to the last)

字頭字尾

Jirm`ji simthaau cidky tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jirm ji sym'thaau cit ky tøf; Jirm`ji sym'thaau cit'ky tøf [[...]] 

Do not provoke a person's patience too far. (Lit. The character "jim忍" has a knife over the heart.)

忍字心頭一把刀

Jidthaau chiah'viaxvia, suilaang kox sveamia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jit'thaau chiaq'via'via, suii'laang kox svex'mia.; Jit'thaau chiaq'via'via, suii'laang kox svix'mia. [[...]] 

Every family has their problems, everybody has to be responsible for the problems of their own life. (Lit. The sun is very hot, everyone has to protect his life.)

世風日下,各顧各的生命。

pahchiøq kanthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paq'chiøq kafn'thaau [[...]] 

the highest achievement (Lit. top of a hundred-foot pole)

百尺竿頭

Thaau`ar hernghexng, boea`ar lefnglerng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaau`ar hexng'hexng, boea`ar lerng'lerng.; Thaau`ar hexng'hexng, bøea`ar lerng'lerng. [[...]] 

become lukewarm (Lit. very interesting in the beginning, but cold at the end)

虎頭蛇尾

thaau koex, syn tø koex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau koex, syn tø koex [[...]] 

After the first step, the rest is easier. (Lit. If your head gets through, your body can get through.)

頭能通過,身體就能通過,形容第一關能通過,以後就容易了

thaumoo chix høea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'moo chix hoea; thaau'moo chix høea [[...]] 

to rush into evident danger, throw an egg into the electric fan (Lit. see if fire will burn my hair)

以髮試火,跳進火坑

thie'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thix'thaau [[...]] 

get a hair cut, shave the head

理髮

• mxbad thie'thaau twtiøh hochiw ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'bad thix'thaau tuo'tiøh hoo'chiw ee. [[...]] 
  encounter untoward difficulty on a new job (Lit. an apprentice barber has a whiskery man for his first customer.)
  未曾理髮,遇到虯髯客。(剛開始新的工作,就遇到棘手的事)

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