細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛

Chinese
young; short to steal; to pilfer draw; pull; send funeral ode bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris tall; eldest; oldest to steal; to pilfer lead along ox; cow; bull
trad. (細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛) 細漢 偷 挽 匏 ， 大漢 偷 牽 牛
simp. (细汉偷挽匏，大汉偷牵牛) 细汉 偷 挽 匏 ， 大汉 偷 牵 牛
Literally: “stealthily picking calabashes when one is a child, stealthily leading cows when one is grown up”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû
      • Tâi-lô: sè-hàn thau bán pû, tuā-hàn thau khan gû
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pu²³ tua³³⁻²¹ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³/

Proverb

細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛

  1. (Southern Min) one's behavior as a child will be paralleled in adulthood
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