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🗣 Zap kviar zap sinpu, zhwn cit ee lau koafhu. 🗣 (u: Zap kviar zap syn'pu, zhwn cit ee lau koar'hu. ⬆︎ ) 十囝十新婦，賰一个老寡婦。 [wt][mo][[MK]] Tsa̍p kiánn tsa̍p sin-pū, tshun tsi̍t ê lāu kuá-hū. [#]

1. () || 十個兒子娶了十個媳婦，卻留下一個年老守寡的媽媽沒人照料。形容兒子大了各自成家，年老守寡的母親卻無人願意照顧。

🗣le: (u: AF'hog cirm`ar ee hau'svef lorng zhoa'bor svef'kviar`aq, lau'afng koex'syn liao'au, hau'svef syn'pu suii'laang bøo'eeng su'giap, kox girn'ar, y soaq tiøh kaf'ki cit ee laang sefng'oah, cyn'cviax si “zap kviar zap syn'pu, zhwn cit ee lau koar'hu”.) 🗣 (阿福嬸仔的後生攏娶某生囝矣，老翁過身了後，後生新婦隨人無閒事業、顧囡仔，伊煞著家己一个人生活，真正是「十囝十新婦，賰一个老寡婦」。) (阿福嬸的兒子都娶老婆生小孩了，老伴去世以後，兒子媳婦各自忙事業、顧小孩，他卻得自己一個人生活，真的是「兒女多不是福」。)

bøzhae cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae cvii; (bøo'zhae mih, ...) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

waste of money (thing, etc.)

浪費錢,東西等

• Bøzhae cvii, zap khof bea hid khoarn ee zheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'zhae cvii, zap khof bea hid khoarn ee zheq. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It is a waste of ten dollars to buy that kind of book.
  浪費錢,十塊錢買那種書。

cviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa; (seeng) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

become, acceptable, all right, almost, in round numbers or in rough quantity

將近,近,約,成

• cviaa zap ee laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa zap ee laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  nearly ten persons
  約十個人

• cviaa paq ee laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa paq ee laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  almost hundred people
  約一百個人

• cviaa zhefng (ee) laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa zhefng (ee) laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  nearly a thousand persons
  約一千個人

• cviaa ban (ee) laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa ban (ee) laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  nearly ten thousand people
  將近一萬個人

• cviaa paq ban (ee) laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa paq ban (ee) laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  nearly a million persons
  約一百萬個人

• cviaa zhengban khof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa zhefng'ban khof ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  nearly ten million dollars
  將近一千萬元

• cviaa zap eg jinkhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviaa zap eg jiin'khao ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  nearly a billion population
  約十億人口

zoanli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoafn'li ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

exclusive to one person, patent, monopoly

專利

• Tittiøh zap nii ee zoanli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tid'tiøh zap nii ee zoafn'li ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  get a patent for ten years
  獲得十年的專利。

ym`sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ym'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

be drowned, plants suffocated by water

淹死

• Imsie zap goa ee laang, Zap goa ee laang imsie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ym'sie zap goa ee laang, Zap goa ee laang ym'sie. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  More than ten persons were drowned.
  淹死十多個人,十多個人淹死

Jinsefng putju'ix ee su, zap u pøeq kao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiin'sefng pud'juu'ix ee su, zap u peq kao.; Jiin'sefng pud'juu'ix ee su, zap u pøeq kao. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

Life is full of difficulties, everything doesn't go the way we want it to. (Lit. Man's life is not as the heart desires, ten things include eight things and nine things.)

人生不如意的事，十有八九。

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