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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-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

ahzhuiesiux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'zhuix'siux [[...]][i#] [p.]

duckbill, platypus

鴨嘴獸

amzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afm'zhuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

cover one's mouth with the hand

掩口

apzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ab'zhuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

crush to pieces

壓碎

aau taf zhuix khoaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aau taf zhuix khoaq [[...]][i#] [p.]

parching thirst

舌乾口渴,口乾舌燥

barn zhuiekhie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barn zhuix'khie [[...]][i#] [p.]

extract a tooth

拔牙

bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak (bok) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the eyes

目,眼睛

• zhuix par, bak m par [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix par, bak m par [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the mouth may be satisfied, but the eye is insatiable
  貪得無厭

• tøebak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee'bak tøee'bak [[...]][i#] [p.]
  theme, topic for discussion
  題目

bakzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag'zhuix [[...]][i#] [p.]

food around mouth

沾嘴

be [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be bøe [[...]][i#] [p.]

cannot, will not, expresses simple future improbability inherent in the nature of the subject, precedes an adjective to negate an undesirable quality like bitter or painful, the negative of "e"

不,不會

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