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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。

zhefngkaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zherng'kaux [[...]] 

a polite term used before asking a question (Lit. I beg you to instruct me.)

請教

• Goar bøeq zhefngkaux lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar boeq zherng'kaux lie.; Goar bøeq zherng'kaux lie. [[...]] 
  May I ask you about…
  我要請教你。

• Zhefngkaux lie cide, hoefchiathaau ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zherng'kaux lie cit'e, hoea'chiaf'thaau ti tøq'ui? [[...]] 
  Excuse me, where is the railway station?
  請教你,火車站在哪兒 ?

• Na u m zaiviar ee taixcix, goar bøeq laai zhefngkaux lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na u m zay'viar ee tai'cix, goar boeq laai zherng'kaux lie.; Na u m zay'viar ee tai'cix, goar bøeq laai zherng'kaux lie. [[...]] 
  If there is anything which I don't know, I'll come and ask you about it.
  如有不明瞭的事, 我要來請教你。

zhozhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'zhux; (thaau-cit'pae) [[...]] 

first time, on the first occasion

初次

• Y zhozhux (thaau cit pae) laai Taioaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y zhof'zhux (thaau cit pae) laai Taai'oaan. [[...]] 
  This is the first time he came to Taiwan.
  他初次來台灣。他頭一次來台灣。

• zhozhux tengtaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'zhux tefng'taai. [[...]] 
  make one's first appearance on the stage, make one's debut
  初次登台

cviarthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviax'thaau [[...]] 

the right side or doctrine, proper, correct, the right side as opposed to the reverse side, front, put or hold in the proper direction

正面,正端

• He cviarthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: He cviax'thaau. [[...]] 
  Lay in the proper direction.
  放正

• Cid siafng ti , tøq cit thaau si cviarthaau, tøq cit thaau si tørthaau? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid siafng ti , tøq cit thaau si cviax'thaau, tøq cit thaau si tøx'thaau? [[...]] 
  Which is the right end of these chopsticks?
  這雙筷子那一 端是頭,那一端是尾 ?

• U ee khuxn cviarthaau, u ee khuxn tørthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U ee khuxn cviax'thaau, u ee khuxn tøx'thaau. [[...]] 
  Some are sleeping in the proper direction, some are not.
  有的睡正端,有的睡另一端。

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。

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

khaq khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq khix [[...]] 

little farther ahead

再過去

• (Køq) khaq khix u cit kharm thie'thautiaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: (Køq) khaq khix u cit kharm thix'thaau'tiaxm [[...]] 
  There is a barber shop a little ahead.
  再過去有一家理髮店。

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

bite, gnaw

咬

• ho kao gvauhtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho kao gvauq'tiøh [[...]] 
  be bitten by a dog
  被狗咬到

• siangthaau bøo cit gvauq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siafng'thaau bøo cit gvauq [[...]] 
  ran after two hares and caught neither
  兩頭空

siangthaau bøo cit gvauq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siafng'thaau bøo cit gvauq [[...]] 

equally incapable of either, both proposals coming to nothing, ran after two hares and caught neither

兩頭空

thaau cit ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau cit ee [[...]] 

the first one

頭一個

thaau cit jit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau cit jit [[...]] 

the first day

頭一天

thaau cit pae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau cit pae [[...]] 

the first time

頭一次

thaau-cidthef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau cit'thef; thaau-cit'thef; (thaau'thef, thaau'cviu'ar) [[...]] 

first born child

頭一胎

thaukhag thviax cit peeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'khag thviax cit peeng [[...]] 

migraine headache

偏頭痛

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