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🗣 Søeahaxn thaw barn puu, toaxhaxn thaw khafn guu. 🗣 (u: Sex'haxn thaw barn puu, toa'haxn thaw khafn guu. Søex'haxn thaw barn puu, toa'haxn thaw khafn guu.) 細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛。 [wt][mo] Sè-hàn thau bán pû, tuā-hàn thau khan gû. [#]

1. () || 小時候偷摘匏瓜，長大偷牽牛隻。指一味縱容小孩的錯誤行為，反而會使其積惡成習，長大後會變本加厲。

🗣le: (u: Girn'ar zu sex'haxn tiøh'aix hør'hør'ar ka kax'si, na'bøo “sex'haxn thaw barn puu, toa'haxn thaw khafn guu”, thexng'hau y toa'haxn hoan giaam'tiong ee zhøx'go ciaq beq laai kax, tø ie'kefng be'hux`aq.) 🗣 (囡仔自細漢著愛好好仔共教示，若無「細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛」，聽候伊大漢犯嚴重的錯誤才欲來教，就已經袂赴矣。) (小孩子從小就要好好地教育他，要不然「小時候偷摘匏瓜，長大偷牽牛隻」，等到他長大犯了嚴重錯誤再來教育他，就為時已晚了。)
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puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puu [[...]] 

type of gourd, bottle gourd, calabash

匏

• holoo-puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo'puu; hoo'loo-puu [[...]] 
  type of gourd much larger at one end
  葫蘆匏

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu. [[...]] 
  If a child gets into the habit of stealing trifles, he will steal big things when he grows up.
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

søeahaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn; søex'haxn [[...]] 

short or small (in stature), in childhood

矮小,年少

• seahaxn ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn ee sii [[...]] 
  When one was a child
  小的時候

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu. [[...]] 
  If as a child you steal gourds, as an adult, you'll steal cows. — as the twig is bent, so grows the tree
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

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