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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

bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak (bok) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the eyes

目,眼睛

• zhuix par, bak m par [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix par, bak m par [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the mouth may be satisfied, but the eye is insatiable
  貪得無厭

• tøebak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee'bak tøee'bak [[...]][i#] [p.]
  theme, topic for discussion
  題目

baxnsiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'siu [[...]][i#] [p.]

emperor's birthday

萬壽

• baxnsiu bukiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'siu buu'kiofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  May you attain boundless longevity!
  萬壽無疆

baxnsu ju'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'su juu'ix [[...]][i#] [p.]

everything succeeded just as desired - the fulfillment of every wish or desire

萬事如意

• Ciog lie baxnsu ju'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciog lie ban'su juu'ix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  May everything goes as you would like.
  祝你萬事如意。

• Baxnsu pud ju'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ban'su pud juu'ix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Everything did not go as planned.
  萬事不如意

beng zai tarnsek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beng zai taxn'sek [[...]][i#] [p.]

death may come to a person any minute, dying

命在旦夕

Bøfchincied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bør'chyn'cied [[...]][i#] [p.]

Mother's Day: the second Sunday in May

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