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Chitgøeqpvoax ah'ar, m zay syoah. 🗣 (u: Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah. Chid'gøeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah.) 七月半鴨仔，毋知死活。 [wt][mo] Tshit-gue̍h-puànn ah-á, m̄ tsai sí-ua̍h. [#]

1. () || 七月半的鴨子，不知死活。七月半指農曆7月15日，也就是「中元普渡」，為臺灣民間信仰祭拜孤魂野鬼的日子。民間信仰中雞是祭神的供品，拜鬼只能用鴨子，故有此說。形容人沒有憂患意識，不知大難臨頭。

🗣le: Sii'ky bøo hør, tak'kef lorng kviaf e khix ho laang thaai'thaau, m kvar zherng'kar, zorng`si ma u laang “chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah”, køq kvar zherng'kar zherng pvoax køx goeh khix kog'goa chid'thøo. (時機無好，逐家攏驚會去予人刣頭，毋敢請假，總是嘛有人「七月半鴨仔，毋知死活」，閣敢請假請半個月去國外𨑨迌。) (景氣不好，大家都怕被裁員，不敢請假，不過也有人像是「七月半的鴨子，不知死活」，還敢請假半個月去國外旅遊。)
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🗣u: Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah. 七月半鴨仔，毋知死活。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

一般人在農曆七月半普渡的時候，大多以鴨子來當作牲禮祭拜亡魂。所以這句話是比喻大禍臨頭，不知死活。

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

mxzay syoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'zay sie'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

heedless of consequences, reckless, no idea of the fitness of things

不知死活

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