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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

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

hold fast, grasp, grip

握

• ciafng'ag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciarng'ag [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in one's grasp, within one's power, at the mercy of
  掌握

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

dark, obscure, stupid, ignorant, secret, clandestine, stealthy, hidden drainage system or rocks, late at night

暗

armkhuxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'khuxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

stay up late at night

晚睡

armkongciao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'kofng'ciao [[...]][i#] [p.]

owl, person who sits up late at night, night owl

梟,夜貓子

armsii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'sii [[...]][i#] [p.]

at night, night time, during the night

晚上

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

still, quiet, calm, peaceful, silent, comfortable, safe, easy in mind, set at rest, make orderly arrangement

安

• zhefng'afn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zherng'afn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pay respects, inquire after an elder
  請安

• peng'afn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peeng'afn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  peace, without any accident
  平安

• put'afn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'afn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  uneasy, disturbed, not feeling at peace
  不安

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