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Toaxkeq-køef ban thii. 🗣 (u: Toa'keq kef ban thii. Toa'keq-køef ban thii.) 大格雞慢啼。 [wt][mo] Tuā-keh ke bān thî. [#]

1. () || 大骨架的公雞比較慢啼叫。「格」指體格、骨架，骨架較大的公雞需要較長的時間成長，所以開始啼叫的時間也比較遲。比喻大器晚成。當人表現不盡人意，或一時不得志，尤其是小孩表現欠佳之時，常用此話鼓勵。

🗣le: AF'beeng go hoex`aq, korng'oe iao korng be zhefng'zhør, zhux'pvy khvoax'tiøh yn lau'pe ciaq hoaan'lør, tø korng, “Toa'keq kef ban thii, afn`laq!” (阿明五歲矣，講話猶講袂清楚，厝邊看著𪜶老爸遮煩惱，就講：「大格雞慢啼，安啦！」) (阿明五歲大了，講話還講不清楚，鄰居看到他父親非常煩惱，就說：「大骨架的公雞比較慢啼叫，放心啦！」)

🗣le: Y si cit ee jiin'zaai, laang korng “toa'keq kef ban thii”, køq`svaf'go'nii'ar id'teng e u zhud'thoad. (伊是一个人才，人講「大格雞慢啼」，閣三五年仔一定會有出脫。) (他是個人才，人家說「大器晚成」，再來個三五年後一定會有一番作為。)
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Zøx guu tiøh thoaf, zørlaang tiøh boaa./Zøex guu tiøh thoaf, zøealaang tiøh boaa. 🗣 (u: Zøx guu tiøh thoaf, zøx laang tiøh boaa. Zøx/Zøex guu tiøh thoaf, zøx/zøex'laang tiøh boaa.) 做牛著拖，做人著磨。 [wt][mo] Tsò gû tio̍h thua, tsò lâng tio̍h buâ. [#]

1. () || 當牛就要拖犁，當人就要承受磨難。比喻人生本來就要歷經許多勞苦與磨難，就像牛得要辛苦犁田、拖車一樣。

🗣le: Y ciah'thaau'lo nii'goa, kofng'sy tø tør`khix, lau'pe køq phoax'pve toax'vi, bin'tuix ciaq'ni ze piexn'kox, cie'hør afn'uix kaf'ki “zøx guu tiøh thoaf, zøx laang tiøh boaa”, ciab'siu khør'giam, jiin'sefng e u leng'goa cit ciorng koaan'to. (伊食頭路年外，公司就倒去，老爸閣破病蹛院，面對遮爾濟變故，只好安慰家己「做牛著拖，做人著磨」，接受考驗，人生會有另外一種懸度。) (他工作一年多，公司就倒閉，父親又生病住院，面對這麼多變故，只好安慰自己「當牛就要拖犁，當人就要承受磨難」，接受考驗，人生會有另一種高度。)
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