CONCORDANCE

More Sayings

from

The collection of Raymond Kwok 

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* bo tiam eu ee, ee eh pnee bang^ 
if you don’t check on him he will become a mosquito

     if you don’t keep an eye on him he will go on his escapades again

* bo t’am sim 
without a greedy heart

not greedy

* bo t’au sin 

forgetful, absent minded

* bo iahn chia lang 
not truthful,  eats people

cheat, crook, a cunning and evil person

* chai uak bo sio jeen` 
see mm mien sio see^ 

while alive never see one another 
upon death no need to say goodbye

friends and relatives who do not keep in touch have no need to grieve

* charp kee jari, boh pneh tng 
10 fingers, not of equal length

no one is perfect

* cheng` see` k’iam ee eh chair` 
in previous life she owed him a debt

     on a person unable to leave another 

* chi ki k’ar ta nor lay choon 
(chi ki k’ar ta nor chia choon) 
one leg on two boats

     having an affair, serving two masters 

* chia eam~ kar chay koay lu chia pnooi 
he has eaten more salt than you rice

     he knows more than you 

* chia ka tong` thn’ee 
eat till you touch Heaven

     live to a ripe old age