1. 年惊中秋，人惊四九。

1. The year is startled by the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people are startled by the Four Nine.

2. 叫天天未应，叫地地未灵。

2. Praying to the heavens and the earth, neither responds, nor does either show any signs of life.

3. 若要生活好，勤劳、节俭、储蓄三件宝。

3. To live well, diligence, thrift, and savings are the three treasures.

4. 一日剃头，叁日缘投。

4. A haircut today, a visit to a temple in three days.

5. 没米兼闰月。

5. No rice and a leap month.

6. 冬天勿会晓俭，冬尾嘈嘈念。

6. Do not be thrifty in winter, nor complain loudly at the end of winter.

7. 水停百日生虫，人闲百日生病。

7. Water standing for a hundred days breeds insects, and people idle for a hundred days fall ill.

8. 某子寄人饲。

8. A certain person is raising someone else's child.

9. 一头担鸡双头啼。

9. One shoulder bears a chicken, the other head crows.

10. 好马不停蹄，好牛不停犁。

10. A good horse never stops moving, and a good ox never stops plowing.

11. 二十四妆，赤崁糖。

11. The Twenty-Four Adornments, the Chikan candy.

12. 马无夜草不肥，人无勤俭不富。

12. A horse without night grass will not be fat, and a person without diligence and thrift will not be wealthy.

13. 勤勤俭俭粮满仓，大脚大手仓底空。

13. Hard work and frugality fill the granary; extravagant spending leaves the granary empty.

14. 细水长流年年有，大吃大喝没长久。

14. A continuous stream of water flows year after year, but excessive eating and drinking never last long.

15. 要死又欠一条索仔。

15. He's dying and owes another string of money.

16. 酒小饮，没要紧﹔酒大饮，损神经。

16. Drinking a little wine is not a big deal; drinking a lot of wine damages the nerves.

17. 叁十以后才知天地厚。?>

17. Only after the age of thirty do I know the depth of the heavens and the earth.

18. 话若说透枝，目屎就捌未离。

18. If the words are said through the branches, the tears won't leave the eyes.

19. 神爱扛，人爱妆。

19. God loves to bear, people love to adorn.

20. 有路没厝。

20. There is a road but no house.

21. 好问勿会迷路，勤做毋知苦。

21. Seek knowledge and you will not be lost, strive diligently and you will not know hardship.

22. 只勤毋俭，无钱无盐。

22. Only hard work, no frugality; without money, without salt.

23. 要哭，没目屎。

23. Want to cry, but no tears.

24. 叁分人，七分妆。

24. Three parts human, seven parts makeup.