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aesiøq sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'siøq svex'mia; aix'siøq svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

cling tenaciously to life

愛惜生命

Baylaang aix ciøx kviax, phvaymiaxlaang aix sngrmia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bae'laang aix ciøx kviax, phvae'mia'laang aix sngx'mia. ⬆︎ [[...]] 

Ugly people like to look in the mirror, unlucky people like to have their fortune told.

醜人愛照鏡,命薄愛算命。

bøexmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'mia; bøe'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

venture to a dangerous place

賣命

beng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beng; (mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

order, command, life, fate, destiny

命

• serngbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sexng'beng ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  life
  性命

• sorngbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soxng'beng ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  lose one's life
  喪命

• thienbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiefn'beng ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  decree of Heaven
  天命

• tøbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøo'beng ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  escape for one's life
  逃命

bøo kviar mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo kviar mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

be fated to have no child

命中無後

bøsiøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'siøq ⬆︎ [[...]] 

be ready to go to extreme lengths, do not spare

不惜

• Bøsiøq ka'ti ee sveamia khix kiux padlaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'siøq kaf'ti ee svex'mia khix kiux pat'laang.; Bøo'siøq kaf'ti ee svix'mia khix kiux pat'laang. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Have no regard for one's own life if it is a matter of helping others to help others at the risk of one's own life.
  不惜自己的生命去救別人。

zheamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhex'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

die quickly

容易死亡

ciaqmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

depend on one's destiny

靠命運

ciamkoax sngrmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciafm'koax sngx'mia; (pog'koax sngx'mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

tell one's fortune by divination

占卦算命

zoadbang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'bang; (zoat'bong) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

despair, be hopeless

絕望

• Y ee sveamia ykefng zoadbang (zoadbong)`af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee svex'mia ie'kefng zoat'bang (zoat'bong)`af.; Y ee svix'mia ie'kefng zoat'bang/bong`aq. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  His life is already hopeless.
  他的性命已絕望了。

• Keasiok zøx, mxthafng zoadbong. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kex'siok zøx, m'thafng zoat'bong.; Kex'siok zøx/zøex, m'thafng zoat'bong. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Keep on do it, don't give up.
  繼續做,不要絕望。

zoadbeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'beng; (zoat'mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

die, death

絕命

zoadmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

die, death

絕命

hvai'hvay-kiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvay'hvay'kiøx; hvay'hvay-kiøx ⬆︎ [[...]] 

be full of complaints

叫苦連天

• Y cyn siøq sveamia, siøfkhoar zøx cide ciu hvai'hvaikiøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn siøq svex'mia, siør'khoar zøx cit'e ciu hvay'hvay'kiøx.; Y cyn siøq svix'mia, siør'khoar zøx cit'e ciu hvay'hvay'kiøx. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  He's very good to himself, if does just a little work he complains.
  他很愛惜生命,稍微做一下,就叫苦連天。

giabmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giap'mia; (løo'lok'mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

doomed to live a painful, toilsome life

勞碌命

goxsaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: go'saxng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

send something or someone to the wrong place

誤送

• Na bøo zuoix, øe goxsaxng sviemia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na bøo zux'ix, e go'saxng svex'mia.; Na bøo zux'ix, øe go'saxng svix'mia. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  If you are not careful, you'll "loose your soul" (send your life to the wrong place).
  如果不注意,會誤送生命。

hisefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

sacrificial victims, a sacrifice, be sacrificed to, at the sacrifice of

犧牲

• hisefng zaisarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sefng zaai'sarn ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  sacrifice one's property
  犧牲財產

• hisefng sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sefng svex'mia; hy'sefng svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  give one's life to a cause
  犧牲生命

• hisefng ka'ti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sefng kaf'ti ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  sacrifice oneself
  犧牲自己

• hisefng ee zengsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'sefng ee zefng'siin ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  spirit of sacrifice
  犧牲的精神

høfmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

good fortune (a man who is well off)

命好

iorng-sinmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iorng'syn'mia; iorng-syn'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

in good health

強壯

itmia o'hof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'mia of'hof ⬆︎ [[...]] 

die

一命嗚呼

jiaumia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaau'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

spare a life, spare me

饒命

jixnmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jin'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

take one's lot in life philosophically

認命

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。

khiesyn-lofmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khix'syn'lor'mia; khix'syn-lor'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

angry to point of sickness

形容父母罵小孩常使父母傷神

khitciaqmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khid'ciah'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

poor man like a beggar

當乞丐的命運

khof'mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

hard lot

苦命

khvoarmia siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'mia siefn'svy; (khvoax'mia'siefn'ar) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

fortune-teller

命相師

kvietiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh ⬆︎ [[...]] 

see, meet with, exposed to

看到,碰到

• bad kvietiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad kvix'tiøh ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  have met one before
  見過

• kvietiøh cvii, chinchviu sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh cvii, chyn'chviu svex'mia; kvix'tiøh cvii, chyn'chviu svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  looks on money as a matter of life and death
  視錢如命

• kvietiøh zuie øe theaseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh zuie e thex'seg; kvix'tiøh zuie øe thex'seg ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  It fades when washed or gets wet.
  碰到水會褪色

• kvietiøh hoea e tøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvix'tiøh hoea e tøh ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  catches fire easily
  遇火即燃

kiuomia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiux'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

save some one's life

救命

• Kiuomia ox. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kiux'mia ox. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Help, help!
  救命哦!

larm sinmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: larm syn'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

in delicate health, frail health, have a weak constitution

身體虛弱

lauxmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

dear life, life of the aged

老命

liangsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liaang'syn ⬆︎ [[...]] 

person of leisure (rich, elderly, or occupying an honorary position)

清閒,閒身(涼身)

• liangsinmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liaang'syn'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  destined to be a person of leisure (rich, elderly, or occupying an honorary position)
  閒身命

lølok-mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'lok'mia; løo'lok-mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

severe, toilsome life

勞碌命

lofsyn lof'mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lor'syn lor'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

overworked, to toil, and moil

勞心費力

lok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lok ⬆︎ [[...]] 

green jasper, rough, uneven, toilsome, laborious

碌

• banglok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baang'lok ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  busy, busy and toilsome
  忙碌

• lølok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'lok ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  painstaking, toil worn
  勞碌

• lølok-mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'lok'mia; løo'lok-mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  toilsome and miserable life
  勞碌命

mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia; (beng) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

life, fate, destiny, one's lot

命

• kiuomia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiux'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Help! Help! save life
  救命

• sviemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia; svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  life
  生命

• sngrmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sngx'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  figure out one's fortunes by the time, date and year of his birth
  算命

• thøfmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thør'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  require the death of the murderer (as the ghost of the murdered man does)
  討命

miax'axn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia'axn ⬆︎ [[...]] 

murder case

命案

miaxsox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia'sox ⬆︎ [[...]] 

fate, destiny

命數

miaxtea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia'tea ⬆︎ [[...]] 

life, lot, fate

命

miaxtiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia'tiofng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

in one's fate

命中

miax'un [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia'un; (un'mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

fate, destiny, doom, one's lot

命運

naixmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nai'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

tough constitution

耐命

gvexto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gve'to ⬆︎ [[...]] 

without spontaneity, in a forced manner, involuntarily

勉強

• Zøx bexviaa, gvexto zøx, mxciaq e taesinmia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx be'viaa, gve'to zøx, m'ciaq e taix'syn'mia.; Zøx bøe'viaa, gve'to zøx, m'ciaq øe taix'syn'mia. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  You forced yourself to do something you are not capable of doing so you are sick.
  沒辦法做,勉強做才會生病。

• Laang mxkherng ho y, y gvexto boeq aix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang m'kherng ho y, y gve'to boeq aix.; Laang m'kherng ho y, y gve'to bøeq aix. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  The person didn't want to give it to him but he insisted upon having it.
  別人不肯給他,他強要。

oaqmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

life

活命

oaxn kaxki ee mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oaxn ka'ki ee mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

murmur about one's fate

怨自己的命運

oarnmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oaxn'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

blame one's fate, murmur against one's lot

怨命

phvaymia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

bad fortune (e.g., a man who earns a poor living)

命不好,苦命

phoef sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoef svex'mia; phøef svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

risk one's life

拼命

• phoef sveamia tharncvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoef svex'mia thaxn'cvii; phøef svix'mia thaxn'cvii ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  make as much money as one can, risk one's life for money
  拼命賺錢

phorngto tefmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoxng'to tea'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

curse, used by a woman toward a man

短命鬼(罵人)

piemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

die, lose one's life

斃命

pviarmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pviax'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

risk one's life

拼命

• Goar boeq kab y pviarmia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar boeq kab y pviax'mia.; Goar bøeq kab y pviax'mia. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  I'll fight with him at the risk of my life.
  我要跟他拼命。

pviax sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pviax svex'mia; pviax svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

risk one's life, make death defying effort

拼命

pøfzuun sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pør'zuun svex'mia; pør'zuun svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

preserve one's life

保存生命

pvoarmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

exceedingly serious, as good as dead

半命

pvoartiaumia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax'tiaau'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

almost die

半條命

pøemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poee'mia; pøee'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

make satisfaction for a death by another death

賠命,償命

saxng sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng svex'mia; saxng svix'mia; (saxng'sie) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

die (as the result of one's own action), bring death upon oneself

送命

sviemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia; svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

life

生命

• kiux sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiux svex'mia; kiux svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  save one's life
  救命

• sveamiaxsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia'svoax; svix'mia'svoax ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  lifeline (in figurative sense)
  生命線

sveamia kab y teq phahpøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svex'mia kab y teq phaq'pøq; svix'mia kab y teq phaq'pøq ⬆︎ [[...]] 

engage in mortal combat with him, do or die, risk one's life

冒生命之險,賭命

siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn ⬆︎ [[...]] 

first, previous, former, the late, deceased, before, ahead

先

• chiahkhaf-siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaq'khaf'siefn; chiaq'khaf-siefn ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  uneducated second rate doctor, quack
  密醫

• zofsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zor'siefn ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  ancestors in general
  祖先

• khvoarmia-siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'mia'siefn; khvoax'mia-siefn ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  fortune teller
  相師

• siwsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siuo'siefn ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  the very first, as first, to begin with...
  首先

sinmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

strong or weak constitution of body

身體(健康狀態)

• larm sinmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: larm syn'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  poor health
  體弱多病

siøhmiax'mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøq'mia'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

love dearly

疼愛有加

siøq sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøq svex'mia; siøq svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

hold one's life dear, be very careful of one's self (often over care), e.g., taking great care when slightly unwell, afraid to meddle with a matter or travel on a road where there is some danger

愛惜生命

siorngmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sioxng'mia; (khvoax'mia, sngx'mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

tell fortunes

相命,算命

siorngmiaxsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sioxng'mia'siefn; (sngx'mia-siefn) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

fortune teller

相士,算命先生

siuxmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'mia; (hoex'siu) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

person's life span

壽命

sngrmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sngx'mia; (sioxng'mia, khvoax'mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

tell fortunes

算命

sngrmia-siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sngx'mia'siefn; sngx'mia-siefn; (sngx'mia siefn'svy) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

fortuneteller

算命的,算命先生

tangmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taang'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

same fate

同命

tøefmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tea'mia; tøea'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

short-lived, die young

短命

thailaang pøemia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaai'laang poee'mia; thaai'laang pøee'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

pay damages, make reparations for killing a man

殺人賠命

tharncvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxn'cvii ⬆︎ [[...]] 

earn money, make a profit

賺錢

• Tharncvii iwsox, sveamia tiøh kox. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaxn'cvii iuo'sox, svex'mia tiøh kox.; Thaxn'cvii iuo'sox, svix'mia tiøh kox. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Don't overwork. (Lit. Your earnings are limited, you must pay attention to your health.)
  賺錢有限度,生命得照顧。

thøfmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thør'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

ghost of the murdered man) requires the death of the murderer

討命

thoaf lauxmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf lau'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

risk life, make death defying effort

拼老命

thoamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

prolong one's life, endanger one's health by toiling very hard at some special work, when quite unfit for such hard work

拖命

• thoamia zøx khangkhoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'mia zøx khafng'khoex ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  do a difficult job at the risk of one's health or life from over exertion, to work while one is quite sick
  拖命工作,抱病工作

tiebeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tix'beng; (tix'mia) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

sacrifice one's life, fatal

致命

tiemia ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tix'mia ee ⬆︎ [[...]] 

fatal

致命的

tiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaau ⬆︎ [[...]] 

article, section, clause, item, of an agreement, pact, treaty, law, branch, strip, classifier adjunct for something narrow and long, e.g., roads, ropes

條

• bøo-tiaukvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo tiaau'kvia; bøo-tiaau'kvia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  without conditions or stipulations, unconditional (lee)
  無條件

• cit'tiaau hancii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit tiaau hafn'cii ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  a sweet potato
  一條番薯

• cit tiaau sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit tiaau svex'mia; cit'tiaau svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  life
  一條命

• zoaftiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoar'tiaau; (zoar'liaau) ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  strip of paper
  紙條

• tintiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiin'tiaau ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  rattan sticks
  藤條

tngmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngg'mia; (tngg hoex'siu) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

long life, long lived

長命,長壽

tngg sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngg svex'mia; tngg svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

long life, longevity

長命,長壽

tømia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøo'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

flee for one's life, to escape with one's life

逃命

tøsveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøo'svex'mia; tøo'svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

flee for one's life, goldbrick

逃命,偷懶

tor sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tor svex'mia; tor svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

risk one's life

賭生命

to sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: to svex'mia; to svix'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

make a living

度命

toaxsinmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'syn'mia ⬆︎ [[...]] 

a stomach the size of an expecting mother about to deliver a child

肚子大得快臨盆之婦女

un [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: un ⬆︎ [[...]] 

revolve, to move, to transport, to ship, utilize, make use of, one's luck or fortune

運

• zhut'un [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'un ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  escape from a period of bad luck into one of good fortune
  轉好運

• høf'un [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'un ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  good fortune, be in luck, lucky, fortunate
  好運

• ka'un [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'un ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  family fortunes
  家運

• miax'un [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mia'un ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  person's fated condition as regards life and good or bad fortune for the greater part of one's life, for half one's life or more, fate, destiny, lot
  命運

• phvay'un [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'un ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  bad fortune
  運氣壞

• soeun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soef'un ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  fortunes declining
  倒霉

uxnmia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: un'mia; (mia'un) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

fate, fortune, destiny

運命,命運

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