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🗣 Tarn mih øq kaux, tarn laang khoaix lau. 🗣 (u: Tarn mih øq kaux, tarn laang khoaix lau.) 等物僫到，等人快老。 [wt][mo] Tán mi̍h oh kàu, tán lâng khuài lāu. [#]

1. () || 等東西很難等到，等人容易變老。比喻等待的時間很難熬；或指等待的東西往往落空。

🗣le: Siøf'tarn ee sii'zun, tarn ee laang tarn kaq sym'koong'hoea'tøh, ho laang tarn`ee soaq khvoaf'khvoaf'ar laai, laai kaux'ui ia bøo hoe'sid'lea. Laang korng “tarn mih øq kaux, tarn laang khoaix lau”, ciofng'sym'pie'sym, zurn'sii khaq hør`laq. 🗣 (相等的時陣，等的人等甲心狂火著，予人等的煞寬寬仔來，來到位也無會失禮。人講「等物僫到，等人快老」，將心比心，準時較好啦。) (約人相見時，先到的人等得心急如焚，晚到的人卻姍姍來遲，到了也沒道歉。人家說「等待的時間很難熬」，將心比心，準時比較好啦。)

🗣le: Sngr zoar'paai ee sii, theh'tiøh hør paai`ee tø urn'sym'ar tarn, m'køq “tarn mih øq kaux, tarn laang khoaix lau”, tvia'tvia si pat'laang sefng kaux, kaf'ki soaq khvoax'u ciah'bøo kafn'naf giexn. 🗣 (耍紙牌的時，提著好牌的就穩心仔等，毋過「等物僫到，等人快老」，定定是別人先到，家己煞看有食無干焦癮。) (玩紙牌的時候，拿到好牌的就安穩地聽牌，不過「等待的東西往往落空」，常常是別人先胡牌，自己只能眼睜睜而無可奈何。)
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