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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

angkøchiahchi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'køf'chiaq'chi [[...]][i#] [p.]

ruddy good health

紅光滿面

• Tefng'e pvi kaq bøeq sie, citmar iuxkøq angkøchiahchih`aq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Terng'e pve kaq boeq sie, cirm'ar iu'køq aang'køf'chiaq'chi af.; Terng'e pvi kaq bøeq sie, cid'mar iu'køq aang'køf'chiaq'chih`aq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Formerly he was sick unto death, now he is again in ruddy good health.
  前陣子病得要死,現在又紅光滿面了。

boeq sie ax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq sie ax; bøeq sie`aq [[...]][i#] [p.]

at the point of death

快死了

tehbøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq; teq'bøeq [[...]][i#] [p.]

be about to, be going to, be on the point of

將要,快要

• Cid ee khangkhoex tehboeq hør ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee khafng'khoex teq'boeq hør ax.; Cid ee khafng'khoex teq'bøeq hør ax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This work is about completed
  這項工作快要好了。

• tehbøeq khix`aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq khix ax; teq'bøeq khix`aq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  about to go
  快要去了

• tehbøeq sie`aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq sie ax; teq'bøeq sie`aq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  at the point of death
  快要死了

• tehbøeq kaux`aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq kaux ax; teq'bøeq kaux`aq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  about to arrive
  快要到了

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