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🗣 Kax ty kax kao, putjuu ka'ki zao. 🗣 (u: Kax ty kax kao, pud'juu kaf'ki zao.) 教豬教狗，不如家己走。 [wt][mo] Kà ti kà káu, put-jû ka-kī tsáu. [#]
1. () || 支使豬支使狗，不如自己跑。比喻與其依靠別人不如靠自己，亦即求人不如求己。
🗣le: (u: Puxn'søx'chiaf laai`aq, af'buo kiøx Beeng`ar khix pviax puxn'søx, y soaq korng y teq siar kofng'khøx, af'buo khix kaq nar jiog puxn'søx'chiaf nar liam, “Kax ty kax kao, pud'juu kaf'ki zao.”) 🗣 (糞埽車來矣，阿母叫明仔去摒糞埽，伊煞講伊咧寫功課，阿母氣甲那逐糞埽車那唸：「教豬教狗，不如家己走。」) (垃圾車來了，媽媽叫阿明去倒垃圾，他卻說他在寫功課，媽媽氣得一邊追垃圾車一邊唸：「支使豬支使狗，不如自己跑。」)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:
🗣 Øe ka`laang ee kao bøe pui. 🗣 (u: E ka`laang ee kao be pui. Øe ka`laang ee kao bøe pui.) 會咬人的狗袂吠。 [wt][mo] Ē kā--lâng ê káu bē puī. [#]
1. () || 會咬人的狗不會叫。比喻城府甚深之人少言，不易流露其情緒。
🗣le: (u: Lie maix khvoax y kuy'kafng tiam'tiam, tuix laang lorng cviaa kheq'khix, “e ka`laang ee kao be pui”, goar bad ho y tiap kaq zao bøo'lo thafng khix.) 🗣 (你莫看伊規工恬恬，對人攏誠客氣，「會咬人的狗袂吠」，我捌予伊揲甲走無路通去。) (你別看他安安靜靜，待人很客氣，｢會咬人的狗不叫」，我曾被他整得無路可跑。)
🗣le: (u: Biern'kviaf y paxng'tiaw beq tuix lie pud'li, y si teq of'peh pui nia'nia, lie bøo thviaf laang teq korng, “E ka`laang ee kao be pui.”) 🗣 (免驚伊放刁欲對你不利，伊是咧烏白吠爾爾，你無聽人咧講：「會咬人的狗袂吠。」) (別擔心他威脅對你不利，他只是在胡言亂語而已，你沒聽人說過：「會咬人的狗不叫。」)
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DFT_lk (4)
🗣u: Lie m'thafng ka kao'hia joee`sie! 你毋通共狗蟻挼死！ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]
你別將螞蟻揉死！
🗣u: Y tak'axm lorng zao kaq bøo khvoax'tiøh laang, køq chixn'zhae ixn korng ef'axm beq ka larn taux'svaf'kang, goar khvoax y si teq “paxng'phuix afn kao sym” nia'nia, larn m'thafng ngx'bang`y. 伊逐暗攏走甲無看著人，閣凊彩應講下暗欲共咱鬥相共，我看伊是咧「放屁安狗心」爾爾，咱毋通向望伊。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]
他每晚都不見人影，還隨便回說今晚要幫忙我們，我看他只是「敷衍我們」而已，我們不該指望他。
🗣u: Zw`ar beq kex cixn'zeeng, yn lau'buo ka y korng, “‘Kex kef toex kef poef, kex kao toex kao zao.’ M'koarn kex liao hør iah bae, id'teng aix kaq lirn afng zøx'hoea phaq'pviax.” 珠仔欲嫁進前，𪜶老母共伊講：「『嫁雞綴雞飛，嫁狗綴狗走。』毋管嫁了好抑䆀，一定愛佮恁翁做伙拍拚。」 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]
小珠要嫁之前，他媽媽跟他說：「『嫁雞隨雞，嫁狗隨狗。』不管嫁的好或壞，一定要跟你先生一起努力。」
🗣u: AF'zaai`ar he cyn ze khor'sym kaq sor'huix teq ka yn hau'svef zay'poee, ngx'bang y e'taxng zhud'thaau'thvy, kied'kiok y m'na tai'hak thak bøo pid'giap, køq beq ciah m thør'thaxn, tiefn'tøx si yn zaf'bor'kviar khaq u zaai'zeeng, giern'kiux'sor tøf iao'boe zhud'giap, kuie'na kefng kofng'sy tø siøf'zvef beq ka chviax, AF'zaai`ar oaxn'thaxn korng, “Ty m toa, toa tuix kao`khix.” 阿財仔下真濟苦心佮所費咧共𪜶後生栽培，向望伊會當出頭天，結局伊毋但大學讀無畢業，閣欲食毋討趁，顛倒是𪜶查某囝較有才情，研究所都猶未出業，幾若間公司就相爭欲共倩，阿財仔怨嘆講：「豬毋大，大對狗去。」 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]
阿財花費了許多苦心和費用栽培他兒子，希望他能出人頭地，結果他不但大學無法畢業，還好逸惡勞，反而是他女兒比較有才華，研究所還沒畢業，好幾間公司就搶著要聘用他，阿財嘆氣說：「事與願違。」
Maryknoll (28)
bøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be; bøe [[...]] 
cannot, will not, expresses simple future improbability inherent in the nature of the subject, precedes an adjective to negate an undesirable quality like bitter or painful, the negative of "e"
不,不會
øe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e; øe; (be) [[...]] 
expresses interior, inherent or innate capacity or incapacity, a permanent capacity or incapacity, frequently translated in English by "does" or "does not"
會, 不會
Øe pui ee kao bøe ka laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: E pui ee kao be ka laang.; Øe pui ee kao bøe ka laang. [[...]] 
Barking dogs never bite.
會吠的狗不咬人.
giaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giaxng [[...]] 
few and scattered, sparse, teeth protruding
稀疏,翹翹
ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka [[...]] 
bite, gnaw, grit one's teeth (as in pain), to catch (as a cat catches rats), pick up or hold something with the mouth
咬
ka tiautiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka tiaau'tiaau [[...]] 
clench the teeth firmly, as in convulsion near death, holding fast with the mouth
咬緊
Kaq ty kaq kao, mxtadtiøh ka'ti zao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kaq ty kaq kao, m'tat'tiøh kaf'ti zao. [[...]] 
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。
kvialiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaf'liao; (kviaf'vie, kviaf'var) [[...]] 
lest, for fear that, afraid that
恐怕