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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/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

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

cannot live, will die

不會活,活不了

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

plant, care for plants, transplant, set plant out, young plants for transplanting (also said of some animals)

栽,苗

• zay be oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay be oah; zay bøe oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It will not live if you plant it.
  栽不活

• zhaebiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'biaau; (zhaix'zay) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  young plants of vegetables
  菜苗

• ciarzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciax'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
  young sugar cane plants
  蔗苗

• hizay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fry of fish
  魚苗

• hoezay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
  young flower plants from a nursery
  花苗

• soafzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soar'zay; (pvoaa'zay) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  transplant
  移植

• Cit jit soafzay, svajit khiaxngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit jit soar'zay, svaf'jit khia'ngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It takes time to get settled into a new situation. (Lit. One day you transplant a young plant, it will wither for three days.)
  一日移植,三日葉黃。新環境不易適應。

hoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoat; (oah) [[...]][i#] [p.]

live, survive, be alive, active, lively, vivacious, movable, mobile, flexible

活

• hoghoat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hok'hoat [[...]][i#] [p.]
  revival, resurrection, come to life again
  復活

kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor [[...]][i#] [p.]

hardships, suffering, misery, difficult, troublesome, irksome

艱苦,痛苦,困難

• kankhor zøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor zøx [[...]][i#] [p.]
  difficult to do
  難做

• kankhor korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor korng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  difficult or troublesome to talk about
  難說

• laang cyn kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang cyn kafn'khor [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be sick
  人很不舒服

• seng'oah kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah kafn'khor [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be in needy circumstances
  生活艱苦

• kankhoflaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  poor person
  窮人

khvoar'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'oah; (khvuix'oah) [[...]][i#] [p.]

comfortable, be well off, feel well

快活,舒服,富裕

• seng'oah khvoaroah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah khvoax'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make good living
  生活舒適

• U khaq khvoaroah `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U khaq khvoax'oah `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Do you feel better?
  舒服點嗎?

oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah; (hoat) [[...]][i#] [p.]

live, living, alive, moveable, active

活

• bøe oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be oah; bøe oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cannot live, will die
  不會活,活不了

• øexoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'oah; øe'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  able to come to life or remain alive
  會活的

• khvoaroah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  comfortable, be well off
  快活

• køh'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køq'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  alive again, revive
  復活

• seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  life, existence, living
  生活

oaqhut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'hut; (oah'put) [[...]][i#] [p.]

living Buddha — powerful Lamas who are supposed to be light emanations or incarnations of Buddha (They wield temporal power in Tibet.)

活佛

seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

life, existence, living

生活

• bøextaxng seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'taxng sefng'oah; bøe'taxng sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cannot support oneself
  不能生活

• ia seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ia sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  night life
  夜生活

• u iegi ee seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u ix'gi ee sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  life worth living
  有意義的生活

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