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giok pud tog, pud seeng khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giok pud tog, pud seeng khix. [[...]] 

A person must be disciplined and educated to be a useful citizen. (Lit. Jade must be cut and chiseled to make it a useful vessel.)

玉不琢,不成器

hoex pud seeng kwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoex pud seeng kwn; hoex pud seeng kwn [[...]] 

defeated and broken up to such a state that it can no longer be called an army, completely routed

潰不成軍

safm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm; (svaf) [[...]] 

three

三

• putsafm putsux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'safm pud'sux [[...]] 
  grotesque, incongruities in shape, appearance, manner
  不三不四

• Buu safm pud seeng lea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Buu safm pud seeng lea. [[...]] 
  Misfortune comes three times in a row
  無三不成禮。

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