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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

bofngløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'løf [[...]][i#] [p.]

beg

常常向人要

hoeliløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef'ly'løf [[...]][i#] [p.]

in a mess/muddle

亂七八糟

lily-løløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ly'ly'løf'løf; ly'ly-løf'løf [[...]][i#] [p.]

speak indistinctly, utter inarticulate words

話不清楚

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

peck (as duck or goose), dabble in mud

啄

• ahbøfzhuix bofngløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhuix borng'løf; aq'bør/buo'zhuix borng'løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  may as well ask for it, though with almost no expectation of success
  試著求求看,妄求

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

request, beg, ask over and over in a coaxing way, ask importunately (for money, employment or a favor), get money or a favor by constant asking

要,討

• be khamtid y løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be khafm'tid y løf; bøe khafm'tid y løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  could not resist his importunity
  不堪其求

• tidtit løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tit'tit løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  ask right on, taking no denial
  一直求(要)

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

note in singing, prattle, chattering, annoying

囉

• lily løløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ly'ly løf'løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  empty talk (mere formal expressions, idle useless chattering, repeated asking)
  嘮叨囉嗦

løcvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løf'cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]

request money, ask over and over for money

要錢

lølie løsøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løf'lie løf'søf [[...]][i#] [p.]

troublesome (as a man constantly talking, asking or making difficulties)

囉哩囉嗦

thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøf; (løf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

to peck, suck or gobble up like a duck

鴨(鵝)用嘴取食的動作

• ahbøfzhuix borng thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhuix borng thøf; aq'bør/buo'zhuix borng thøf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the duck just feeling about for something, make a request or attempt without much expectation of success, but might as well try it
  姑妄要之

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