Category 14: Education & Culture (0302)
Sentence ID: 08_63
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POJ:Bøgigvo lí ē chhut-kok tha̍k-chheh.
ENG:I didn't expect you to go study abroad.
HARNJI:無疑悟你會出國讀冊。
Sentence ID: 01_62
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POJ:Phaíⁿ kiáⁿ chhoàn chhī pē.
ENG:An unfilial child is a constant source of worry and trouble for his father.
HARNJI:歹囝串飼爸。
Sentence ID: 09_63
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POJ:Mài chia̍h hiah hiông, tùi uī bô hó.
ENG:Don't eat too fast. It's bad for your stomach.
HARNJI:莫食遐雄，對胃無好。
Sentence ID: 02_62
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POJ:Tōa-keh ke bān thî.
ENG:He/she is a late bloomer.
HARNJI:大格雞慢啼。
Sentence ID: 10_63
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POJ:Kuxleg chiaⁿ-goe̍h zhekao sī Thiⁿ-kong-seⁿ.
ENG:The 9th day of lunar January is the birthday of Heaven.
HARNJI:舊曆正月初九是天公生。
Sentence ID: 03_62
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POJ:I khì biō--nih liam-hiuⁿ.
ENG:He went to the temple to to offer incense.
HARNJI:伊去廟裡拈香。
Sentence ID: 11_63
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POJ:Lí mài siūⁿ-kóng sàn-hiong-lâng tō hó khi-hū.
ENG:Don't think that the poor are easy to bully.
HARNJI:你莫想講散凶人就好欺負。
Sentence ID: 04_62
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POJ:Bøkirm Bøkhi, chia̍h pah-jī.
ENG:Live without taboos or worries, and you'll live to be 120.
HARNJI:無禁無忌食百二。
Sentence ID: 12_63
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POJ:Lán tha̍k-chheh tio̍h m̄-thang tha̍k tùi kha-chhng kì.
ENG:When we study, we shouldn't just let the information go in one ear and out the other.
HARNJI:咱讀冊就毋通讀對尻脊骿去。
Sentence ID: 05_62
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POJ:In ê chhin-sū kóng bē sêng.
ENG:Their marriage arrangement fell through.
HARNJI:的親事講袂成。
Sentence ID: 13_63
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POJ:Sǹg-miā sian--ê kóng In nn̄g-lâng ê peh-jī bexhah.
ENG:The fortune teller said the couple's birth charts are not compatible.
HARNJI:算命仙的講兩人的八字袂合。
Sentence ID: 06_62
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POJ:Góa lâi-khì kā lín kóng chhin-chiâⁿ.
ENG:I’m going to propose for you.
HARNJI:我來去共你講親情。
Sentence ID: 14_63
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POJ:Chhiū-thâu khiā ho͘ chāi, m̄-kiaⁿ chhiū-bóe chò hong-thai.
ENG:If the tree trunk stands firm, it won't fear the branches being hit by a typhoon.
HARNJI:樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱。
Sentence ID: 07_62
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POJ:Hó pêng-iú tio̍h-ài phòa-pak saⁿ-kìⁿ.
ENG:Good friends should be completely honest and open with each other.
HARNJI:好朋友著愛破腹相見。
Sentence ID: 15_64
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POJ:Lí kháu-chhì kóng kah li-li-lak-lak, it-tēng khó bē tiâu.
ENG:You've made a lot of mistakes in your oral exam, and you're bound to fail.
HARNJI:你口試講甲離離落落，一定考袂牢。
Sentence ID: 16_64
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POJ:Nā-bô keng-kòe chit-pái ê khó-giām, lí éng-oán bē chhut-thoat.
ENG:Without this test, you'll never get ahead.
HARNJI:若無經過這擺的考驗，你永遠袂出脫。
Sentence ID: 17_64
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POJ:Ūi-tio̍h beh pang-chō͘ hi̍t’ê gín-á, i sì-kè khì tê-iân.
ENG:And in order to help that kid, he's going all over the place.
HARNJI:為著欲幫助彼个囡仔，伊四界去題緣。
Sentence ID: 18_64
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POJ:Chia̍h ke, ē khí-ke; chia̍h jiû-hî, seⁿ gín-á hó io-chhī.
ENG:Eating chicken, one can build a family; eating cuttlefish, one will have a daughter who is easy to raise.
HARNJI:食雞，會起家；食鰇魚，生囡仔好育飼。
Sentence ID: 19_64
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POJ:I hē-sèⁿ-miā cháu, siūⁿ beh koáⁿ tio̍h chhia-pan.
ENG:He tried his best to catch the train.
HARNJI:伊下性命走，想欲趕著車幫。
Sentence ID: 20_64
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POJ:Tēng-hun hit-kang, In lāu-bú tō the̍h chi̍t-kha kymchiwkhoaan beh khì sàng-tiāⁿ.
ENG:On the day of the engagement, her mother took a gold bracelet to make a fortune.
HARNJI:訂婚彼工，老母就提一跤金手環欲去送定。