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Zøe kviar gøxsie pe, zøe simpu gøxsie ta'kef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ze kviar gø'sie pe, ze sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef.; Zøe kviar gø'sie pe, zøe sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef. [[...]] 

too many workers, nothing gets done (Lit. When there are many children the father starves to death, when there are many daughters in law the mother in law starves to death.)

兒子多餓死父親,媳婦多餓死婆婆。

zhoa simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoa sym'pu [[...]] 

get a daughter in law

娶媳婦

gezøo puxlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gee'zøo pu'laang [[...]] 

pyorrhea

牙床化膿

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

stupid, foolish and dull

笨,傻,戇呆

• Gong køebør pu zhawtwn, gong goaxmar thviax goaxswn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Gong kef'bør pu zhao'twn, gong goa'mar thviax goa'swn.; Gong køef'bør/buo pu zhao'twn, gong goa'mar thviax goa'swn. [[...]] 
  A foolish hen sits on hay (instead of eggs).
  笨母雞孵草堆,傻外婆疼外孫。

jinkafng pux'nng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'kafng pu'nng [[...]] 

artificial incubation

人工孵卵

kah'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq'ix [[...]] 

have a fancy for, suit a person's fancy

合意,喜歡

• Cid niar svaf goar cyn kah'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf goar cyn kaq'ix. [[...]] 
  I like this shirt very much. This shirt suits my fancy.
  這件衣服我很合意。

• Y bøo kah'ix yn simpu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bøo kaq'ix yn sym'pu. [[...]] 
  Her daughter-in-law does not please her.
  他不喜歡他的媳婦。

laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang; (loong) [[...]] 

pus or purulent matter, matter from a sore

膿

• zhutlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'laang [[...]] 
  pus comes out
  出膿

• puxlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu'laang [[...]] 
  suppurate
  化膿

• tviuolaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviux'laang [[...]] 
  be full of matter (as a boil)
  化膿

pu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu [[...]] 

incubate, broad, hatch, sit on eggs or chicks

孵,菢

pu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu [[...]] 

be on the point of budding, about to come into bud, suppurate (e.g., matter forming in a boil)

發芽,化膿,發生

pu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu; (hu) [[...]] 

daughter-in-law, woman, married woman

婦

• simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'pu [[...]] 
  daughter-in-law
  媳婦

• simpuar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'pu'ar [[...]] 
  little girl taken into the family in order to become daughter-in-law afterwards, (sometimes) a girl to be trained as a maid or for improper purposes
  童養媳

• swn-simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: swn'sym'pu; swn-sym'pu [[...]] 
  grandson's wife
  孫兒媳

pu ke'afkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu kef'ar'kviar [[...]] 

sit on eggs, incubate

孵小雞

puxlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu'laang [[...]] 

suppurate, form pus, come to a head (e.g., a boil)

化膿

pux'nng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pu'nng [[...]] 

sit on eggs, to hatch eggs, incubate

孵蛋

simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'pu [[...]] 

daughter-in-law

媳婦

simpuar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'pu'ar [[...]] 

little girl taken into the family in order to become daughter-in-law afterwards, sometimes a girl to be trained as a maid or for improper purposes

童養媳

simpuaflee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'pu'ar'lee [[...]] 

depressed, withdrawn, remote, conduct of one with an inferiority complex

孤伶,羞澀,愕呆狀

sunsimpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: swn'sym'pu [[...]] 

granddaughter-in-law

孫媳婦

ta'kef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef [[...]] 

mother-in-law, husband's mother

婆婆

• ta'kef khoftok simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef khor'tok sym'pu [[...]] 
  mother-in-law too hard on the daughter-in-law
  婆婆虐待媳婦

• Ta'kef u zhuix, simpu bøo zhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taf'kef u zhuix, sym'pu bøo zhuix. [[...]] 
  The mother-in-law has the last say in everything, but the daughter-in-law has a say in nothing.
  婆婆有嘴,媳婦無嘴,媳婦總要聽命於婆婆。

ta'kef simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef sym'pu [[...]] 

mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

婆媳

toaxthaubuo/toaxthaubør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'pu'bør; toa'pu'bør/buo; (toa'pu'ofng) [[...]] 

the thumb, the big toe

大拇指

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