Sayings

Sayings

  • afpuikiern
  • 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
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
  • Cidlaang ciah cidpvoax, kafmzeeng poaa boe soax.