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jiaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiaux (liaux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

scratch

抓,癢

• Cviu ee sofzai m jiaux, be cviu ee sofzai jiaux kaq lau'huiq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu ee sor'zai m jiaux, be cviu ee sor'zai jiaux kaq laau'huiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Not to do what has to be done, but to work hard on unnecessary matters. (Lit. Not to scratch the itchy place, but to scratch a place that is not itchy until it bleeds.)
  癢的不抓,不癢的抓得流血,該做的不做,不該做的反而做了。

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