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細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛

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Chinese

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young; short to steal; to pilfer draw; pull; send funeral ode bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris tall; eldest; oldest to steal; to pilfer lead along ox; cow; bull
trad. (細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛) 細漢 偷 挽 匏 ， 大漢 偷 牽 牛
simp. (细汉偷挽匏，大汉偷牵牛) 细汉 偷 挽 匏 ， 大汉 偷 牵 牛
Literally: “stealthily picking calabashes when one is a child, stealthily leading cows when one is grown up”.

Pronunciation

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  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû / sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû
  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû
      • Tâi-lô: suè-hàn thau bán pû, tuā-hàn thau khan gû
      • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pu²⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ han⁴¹ tʰau³³ ban⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pu²⁴ tua⁴¹⁻²² han⁴¹ tʰau³³ kʰan³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû
      • Tâi-lô: sè-hàn thau bán pû, tuā-hàn thau khan gû
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pu¹³ tua²²⁻²¹ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu¹³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pu²³ tua³³⁻²¹ han²¹ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³/

Proverb

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細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛

  1. (Hokkien) One who commits small wrongs at a young age, if left uncorrected, will continue to commit crimes that are more serious.

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 小時偷針，大時偷金 (“one who commits small wrongs at a young age, if left uncorrected, will continue to commit crimes that are more serious”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小時偷針，大時偷金
Cantonese Hong Kong 細時偷針，大時偷金, 小時偷針，大時偷金
Hakka Meixian 還細偷針，大欸偷金
Changting 還細偷針，大哩偷金
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 細時偷針，大來偷金
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 細時偷針，大來偷金
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 細時偷針，大來偷金
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 細時偷針，大來偷金
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 細時偷針，大來偷金
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 細漢偷針，大漢偷金
Southern Min Xiamen 細漢偷攑針，大漢偷攑杉, 細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛, 細漢偷割匏，大漢偷牽牛, 序細偷挽匏，序大偷牽牛
Quanzhou 細漢偷攑針，大漢偷攑杉, 細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛
Zhangzhou 細漢偷攑針，大漢偷攑杉, 細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛
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