Melentur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya.

“Bend the bamboo while it is still a shoot.”

Discipline and shape children while they are young, before habits set.

Bagai aur dengan tebing.

“Like the bamboo clump and the riverbank.”

A relationship of mutual support where each side protects and depends on the other.

Ada gula ada semut.

“Where there is sugar, there are ants.”

People flock to wherever there is wealth, benefit, or opportunity.

Alah bisa, tegal biasa.

“What seems impossible becomes easy through practice.”

Constant practice overcomes even the greatest difficulty.

Bagai isi dengan kuku.

“Like the flesh and the fingernail.”

Two people, often family, who are inseparably close.

Bagai anak ayam kehilangan ibu.

“Like a chick that has lost its mother.”

Someone left helpless, confused, and without guidance.