Sayings

Sayings

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• zexpag-hiornglaam: (for a sunny home) sit north, towards south

• u ciah kQq u liah ; en: you have eaten and you take something. refers to when you are a guest at someone's home. You are fed as well as given things to take home.

• chitzhuix-poehcih ; seven mouths, eight tongues: all talking at once

• ciah khaq toaxkhof ; eat well

Harnji na thak oe bad, zhuiechiw tQh phaq sie-kad.

(It means that you can't understand all the Han characters even if you studied until you could tie your beard into a knot.)

• chitkorng-pQehkorng: wag one's tongue too freely

• kofngpeqzhat/korng-peqzhat: to tell a lie

• Ciah ti syn, zheng ti bin. :: Eating is for your body and wearing is for your appearance.

• Ciaqpng hongtex-toa. :: When eating dinner, you feel you were as great as a king.

• Kutlat ciah, pintvoa zQx. :: Eats hard but work lazy.

• Uxthaau-uxbQea. :: From the beginning to the end.

• Kaki, khvoax bQextiQh hvi-ar. :: Nobody can see their own ears.

• Cidhvi jip, cidhvi zhud. :: One ear in and one ear out.

• Toaxlat, siQhlat. :: Make efforts, work efficiently.

• Toa si hviaf, sQex si ti. :: Older brother is on the leader, younger brother is the follower.

• SvahQex kax goxhQex. :: A three-year old kid teaches a five-year old kid.

• Svakorng six mxtiQh. :: Speak three times make four times errors.

• Sva'ee laang, kviaa goxtiaau-lo. :: Three people try to walk on five roads.

• Hog te hog jiin ky. :: the lucky land does a lucky person live

• HQr kiah bQo koex svaf tai :: richness(fortune) does not last past three generations.

Ciaqpng ciah ka lau kvoa, zQx khangkhoex zQr ka uiekvoaa.

Eat till you sweat but work till you are chilled ( you work harder to eat than to do work )

Zhunthvy auxbuo bin.

spring weather changes frequently (like a step mother face/mood)

• Naxu ieen, Qe zQrhoea.

• Svaf nii cidhoarn, go nii cidloan

• chinchviu teq uxn tauxiuu, from http://taiwan-id.blogspot.com/

• http://www.taiwanchurch.org/taibun/eng-tai.html
  • hvoaf thaau hie bin, hvoaf thvy hie toe,
  • Hvixkhafng khaq tang.
  • Hvixkhafng tang ee laang kofngoe chinchviu teq siQme.
  • Toaxciaq kQef ban thii. (大隻雞慢啼; Larger chicken slower to crow.)

• Cidlaang ciah cidpvoax, kafmzeeng poaa boe soax.