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🗣u: Aq'bør'zhuix borng løf. 鴨母喙罔叨。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 母鴨的嘴隨便動動，姑且撈點食物。引申為有機會撈就撈，能不能撈到或撈到多少，均無所謂，反正沒損失。

Maryknoll

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

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

beg

常常向人要

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

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