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Ti'thaau m kox, kox ahbør nng./Ti'thaau m kox, kox ahbuo nng. 🗣 (u: Ty'thaau m kox, kox aq'bør/buo nng.) 豬頭毋顧，顧鴨母卵。 [wt][mo] Ti-thâu m̄ kòo, kòo ah-bó nn̄g. [#]

1. () || 祭拜鬼神時不顧豬頭，只守著鴨蛋。比喻放著重要的事不管，反而去管次要的。

🗣le: Thaau'kef'laang siong iaux'kirn ee khafng'khoex si koarn'lie kofng'sy ee giap'bu, m'thafng “ty'thaau m kox, kox aq'bør'nng”, kafn'naf teq cym'ciog pan'kofng'seg ee hoef u ag'zuie`bøo? (頭家人上要緊的工課是管理公司的業務，毋通「豬頭毋顧，顧鴨母卵」，干焦咧斟酌辦公室的花有沃水無？) (當老板最要緊的工作是管理公司的業務，不可以「捨本逐末」，光是注意辦公室的花有沒有澆水。)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq [[...]][i#] [p.]

duck, drake

鴨子

• Chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzay sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh'pvoax'aq'ar m'zay sie.; Chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay sie.; (Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar m zay sie'oah.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  unaware of impending calamity (Refers to a duck in the middle of the seventh month, when ducks are usually offered to the spirits of the dead, yet do not know enough to fear death. — Similar to a turkey just before Thanksgiving), used to scold someone who is without fear in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  危在旦夕,還不知。

• ah'afzhuix borng løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar'zhuix borng løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make an attempt or ask a favor with very small hope of success but may just as well make the attempt (like a duck's bill dabbling about in the air while eating)
  姑妄要求

• ah'ar thviaf luii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar thviaf luii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hear what someone says but cannot understand (like a duck hearing thunder not knowing what all the noise is about)
  鴨子聽打雷,聽不懂

• ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee; aq'bør/buo-tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  flat footed clumsily gaited person (Lit. sole of a duck's foot), a man whose foot is very broad and flat at the instep instead of having the usual concave)
  平板腳

ahbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør; (aq'buo) [[...]][i#] [p.]

female duck

母鴨

ahbøfzhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhao; aq'bør/buo-zhao [[...]][i#] [p.]

kind of motherwort, Leonurus sibiricus, Lindernia ciliata

鴨母草

løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løf [[...]][i#] [p.]

peck (as duck or goose), dabble in mud

啄

• ahbøfzhuix bofngløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhuix borng'løf; aq'bør/buo'zhuix borng'løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  may as well ask for it, though with almost no expectation of success
  試著求求看,妄求

tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee; tøee; (toee) [[...]][i#] [p.]

heel, the hoofs of animals

蹄

• ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee; aq'bør/buo-tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  having a peculiar gait, shaking from side to side, a flat foot
  平板腳

• beftøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea'tee; bea'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  horse's hoofs
  馬蹄

• chiwtøe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'tee'ar; chiuo'tøee'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  palm of a hand
  手掌

• khatøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaf'tee; khaf'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  sole of a foot, hoof, footprint
  腳掌,腳印

• tikha'tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'khaf'tee; ty'khaf'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pig's feet, for cooking or cooked
  豬蹄子

thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøf; (løf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

to peck, suck or gobble up like a duck

鴨(鵝)用嘴取食的動作

• ahbøfzhuix borng thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhuix borng thøf; aq'bør/buo'zhuix borng thøf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the duck just feeling about for something, make a request or attempt without much expectation of success, but might as well try it
  姑妄要之

ahbør-tøee/ahbuo-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør/buo'tee/toee; aq'bør/buo-tøee [[...]][i#] [p.1]

N : flat feet

平底腳

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