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boaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaa [[...]] 

toil, labor hard

勞

• thoaboaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'boaa [[...]] 
  toil very hard
  勞苦,折磨

• Goar seahaxn ee sii, pexbør cyn thoaboaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør cyn thoaf'boaa.; Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør/buo cyn thoaf'boaa. [[...]] 
  When I was young, my parents worked very hard.
  我小時候,父母很勞苦。

• tiøh thoaboaa laai chi bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh thoaf'boaa laai chi bor'kviar. [[...]] 
  work very hard to support a wife and kids
  得辛勞來養妻兒。

zaixsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'sex; (zai'svef) [[...]] 

be among the living, be living, be in the world, not dead

在世,在生

• Iao zaixsex ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iao zai'sex ee sii [[...]] 
  during a person's lifetime, while one lives
  還在世時

zhongbeeng itsex, hotoo itsii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhofng'beeng id'sex, hoo'too id'sii. [[...]] 

life time of cleverness can be interrupted by moments of stupidity

聰明一世,糊塗一時。

sex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex [[...]] 

power, influence, authority, strength, aspect, circumstances, condition

勢

• hengsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: heeng'sex [[...]] 
  situation, state of affairs, outlook, prospect
  形勢

• høfsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'sex [[...]] 
  suitable, convenient, all right, proper
  方便,安適

• khørsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khøx'sex; khøx'sex [[...]] 
  depend on one's or another's position (influence, connection)
  仗勢,倚勢,自負,大意

• koansex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaan'sex [[...]] 
  authority, power
  權勢

• sisex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sii'sex [[...]] 
  trend of the age, the times
  時勢

• tøexsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: te'sex; tøe'sex [[...]] 
  natural features, the lay of the land
  地勢

• u cvii u sex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u cvii u sex [[...]] 
  possessing wealth and influence
  有錢有勢

søeahaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn; søex'haxn [[...]] 

short or small (in stature), in childhood

矮小,年少

• seahaxn ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn ee sii [[...]] 
  When one was a child
  小的時候

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu. [[...]] 
  If as a child you steal gourds, as an adult, you'll steal cows. — as the twig is bent, so grows the tree
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

sek'hap sisex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seg'hap sii'sex [[...]] 

adapted to present conditions

適合時勢

sisex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sii'sex [[...]] 

time and circumstances, trend of the age

時勢

• bøo hah sisex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo hah sii'sex [[...]] 
  fall behind the times, anachronistic
  不合時勢

• toex sisex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toex sii'sex; tøex sii'sex [[...]] 
  keep up with the times
  跟著時勢

• toex sisex (toex) be tiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toex sii'sex (toex) be tiøh; tøex sii'sex (tøex) bøe tiøh [[...]] 
  fall behind the times
  跟不上時勢

sisex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sii'sex [[...]] 

depart from the world, die

辭世

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