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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

aezeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'zeeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

love, affection

愛情

• Pexbør ee aezeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør ee aix'zeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A parent's love is higher than a mountain and deeper than the sea.
  父母的愛情比山還高,比海還深。

auxbøfbaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør'baa [[...]][i#] [p.]

stepmother harlot, a vile scolding

狠,壞,後娘

auxbøfbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør'bin [[...]][i#] [p.]

sour look, as of a stepmother

晚娘臉

• Zhunthvy auxbøfbin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhwn'thvy au'bør'bin. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Spring weather is like a stepmother's face.
  春天晚娘臉,變幻無常。

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

wild cat, harlot, a vile scolding

貍貓,淫婦

• auxbøfbaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør'baa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  stepmother harlot, a vile scolding
  狠繼母

• iafbaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iar'baa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wild cat, a harlot, a vile scolding
  野貓

• Kelai na bøo baa, niawchie e khiaukhaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kef'lai na bøo baa, niao'chie e khiaw'khaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When the cat's away the mice will play.
  家裏如無貓,老鼠就蹺腿。

bøfzaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bør'zaang [[...]][i#] [p.]

the trunk of a tree

母樹

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