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a'kwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'kwn [[...]][i#] [p.]

in second place, second prize

亞軍

asør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'sør [[...]][i#] [p.]

sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)

嫂嫂

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

lie in bed with a child to put him to sleep

偎

varløqkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: vax'løh'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

turn one's face downward, stoop down

俯下去,彎腰

• Kiernsiaux kaq varløqkhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kiexn'siaux kaq vax'løh'khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hide one's head in embarrassment
  羞得彎下去。

• Varløqkhix pak etoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Vax'løh'khix pak ee'toax. Vax'løh'khix pak øee'toax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bend down to tie one's shoe
  彎下去繫鞋帶。

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

ah'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'au [[...]][i#] [p.]

last one in a group

壓後

ahsuq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'suq [[...]][i#] [p.]

short in the wiring system

短路

• ahsuhsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'suq'svoax [[...]][i#] [p.]
  ground wire
  接地線

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

steadfast in love, constant in love

愛情專一

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