Sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû

細漢偷挽匏,大漢偷牽牛

【解釋】一個人在小的時候如果偷摘別人的瓠瓜,不知錯,不悔改,賊膽就會越變越大,長大後變本加厲去偷別人的牛

【比喻】一個人年幼的時候如果不將其品性端正,長大只會發展得越來越惡劣

【英譯】As a child, they steal a bottle gourd; once they are adults, they will steal a buffalo / A person’s malicious behaviors are getting bad to worse and are usually caused by not being appropriately educated since childhood