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ge [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ge [[...]] 

art, skill, talent, craft, dexterity

藝

• Sux zuo chienkym putjuu kaux zuo itge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn'kym pud'juu kaux zuo id'ge. [[...]] 
  Better to teach your son a trade (artistic skill) than give him a thousand pieces of gold.
  賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

hofhiet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hor'hiet [[...]] 

dangerous place (tiger's cave)

虎穴

• Putjip hofhiet, iefn tid hofzuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pud'jip hor'hiet, iefn tid hor'zuo. [[...]] 
  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

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

Fathers neglect their duties as fathers while sons neglect their duties as sons.

父不父,子不子

hunzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'zuo [[...]] 

numerator, particle, element

分子(份子)

• hunzuo-liong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'zuo'liong; hwn'zuo-liong [[...]] 
  molecular weight
  分子量

• hunzwseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'zuo'seg [[...]] 
  molecular formula
  分子式

• siaxhoe ee putpeeng hunzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sia'hoe ee pud'peeng hwn'zuo [[...]] 
  discontented elements of society
  對社會的不平份子

iwyn-putpøx, huy kunzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuo yn pud pøx, huy kwn'zuo; iuo'yn-pud'pøx, huy kwn'zuo [[...]] 

He who does not requite a kindness is not a virtuous man.

有恩不報非君子

khiarmzex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaxm'zex [[...]] 

owe a debt

欠債

• Khiarmzex oaxn zeazuo, put'haux oaxn pexbuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khiaxm'zex oaxn zex'zuo, pud'haux oaxn pe'buo. [[...]] 
  Debtor hates the creditor, un-filial son hates his parents.
  欠債怨債主,不孝怨父母。

• khiaxm laang ee zex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaxm laang ee zex [[...]] 
  be in debt to a person
  欠人的債

Kunzuo putciah gafncieen-khuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kwn'zuo pud ciah garn'cieen'khuy.; Kwn'zuo pud'ciah garn'cieen-khuy. [[...]] 

One who overlooks a slight.

君子不吃眼前虧。

Putjip hofhiet, iefn teg hofzuo (hofjii)? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pud'jip hor'hiet, iefn teg hor'zuo (hor'jii)? [[...]] 

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子?

safm put'heng: siaolieen soxng hu, tionglieen soxng zhef, boafnlieen bøo zuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm pud'heng: siaux'lieen soxng hu, tiofng'lieen soxng zhef, boarn'lieen bøo zuo [[...]] 

three greatest misfortunes in youth to lose one's father, in middle age to lose one's wife, in old age to have no son

三不幸,少年喪父,中年喪妻,晚年無子

sym pud iuzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym pud iuu'zuo; (sym pud iuu'kie) [[...]] 

cannot control one's mind or emotion, cannot help but...

心不由主,心不由己

syn pud iuu zuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn pud iuu zuo [[...]] 

unable to act according to one's own will

身不由主

Sux zuo chiefn kym, putjuu kaux zuo id ge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn kym, pud'juu kaux zuo id ge. [[...]] 

Better to teach your child a trade than to give him a thousand dollars.

賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

Thienzuo busor putzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thiefn'zuo buu'sor pud'zai [[...]] 

God is everywhere, omnipresent God

天主無所不在

tiongsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiofng'siin [[...]] 

loyal minister

忠臣

• Tiongsiin pud phvax suo, phvax suo huy tiongsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tiofng'siin pud phvax suo, phvax suo huy tiofng'siin [[...]] 
  faithful minister does not fear death, if he fears death, he is not a faithful minister
  忠臣不怕死,怕死非忠臣。

• Tiongsiin pud su ji zuo, liedlie pud kex ji hw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tiofng'siin pud su ji zuo, liet'lie pud kex ji hw. [[...]] 
  A loyal statesman will not serve two masters, a pure lady will not marry two husbands in succession
  忠臣不事二主,烈女不嫁二夫

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