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bi ty lok sie suii chiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi ty lok sie suii chiuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

unable to predict who will be the winner

未知鹿死誰手

zaixsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'svef [[...]][i#] [p.]

be among the living, be living, be in the world, not dead

在世

• Zaixsvef ciah cit liap tau, khahhør syau haux ti'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It's better to take care of parents while they are alive rather than make a show of being filial at their funeral. (Lit. Better to give parents one bean when living rather than to offer them a pig's head after they die.)
  在生吃一粒豆,勝過死後孝豬頭。父母在世時好好孝敬,比在身後才大事祭拜有意義。

• Zaixsvef m haux na'aau, syau ciaq haux kvoazha'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to pay respect to parents after they die after not taking care of them while they were living, unfilial
  父母在生不養,死後才想孝敬。

chiahhoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaq'hoeq chiaq'hoeq/huiq [[...]][i#] [p.]

cut the artery in the throat

刺血

• Bøeq thaity tiøqaix sefng chiahhoeq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq thaai'ty tiøh'aix sefng chiaq'hoeq. Bøeq thaai'ty tiøh'aix sefng chiaq'hoeq/huiq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When you butcher a pig you have to first cut it's throat.
  要殺豬得先刺血。

Cidjit zvae kawty, kawjit bøo ty zvae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit'jit zvae kao'ty, kao'jit bøo ty zvae. [[...]][i#] [p.]

lit. One day kill 9 pigs, nine days no pigs to kill. To do something by fits and starts

一暴十寒

ciuty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw'ty [[...]][i#] [p.]

make known to all, known to all

週知

heeng i ty laan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: heeng i ty laan [[...]][i#] [p.]

easier to do than to know why

行易知難

it'iap tichiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'iap ty'chiw [[...]][i#] [p.]

any sign foretelling things to come, harbinger of the future (Lit. A single falling leaf tells of the oncoming autumn.)

一葉知秋

jiin putty, kuie putkag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin pud'ty, kuie pud'kag [[...]][i#] [p.]

without the knowledge of anybody else, secretly, unbeknown to others.

人不知鬼不覺

jiok iaux jiin putty, ti'huy kie bog'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiok iaux jiin pud'ty, tii'huy kie bok'uii [[...]][i#] [p.]

The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it.

若要人不知,除非己莫為

Kaq ty kaq kao, mxtadtiøh ka'ti zao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kaq ty kaq kao, m'tat'tiøh kaf'ti zao. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Call a pig or a dog (to do something), is not as good as doing it yourself. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

差豬遣狗,還不如自己走。

gviauty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gviaw'ty [[...]][i#] [p.]

tickling, to tickle

呵癢

Oe hor, oe phoee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Oe hor, oe phoee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym. Oe hor, oe phøee, laan oe kud, ty jiin, ty bin, pud ty sym. [[...]][i#] [p.]

One may know a person by his face, but can't read his mind. Don't trust people too easily. (Lit. One can draw a tiger and its skin, but it is impossible to draw its bone.)

畫虎、畫皮、難畫骨，知人、知面、不知心。

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