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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

anlok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'lok [[...]][i#] [p.]

comfort, ease

安樂

• anlok ee seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'lok ee sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  comfortable life
  安樂的生活

anteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]

equilibrium, be stable

安定

• anteng ee seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'teng ee sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  stable life
  安定的生活。

• siaxhoe bøo anteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sia'hoe bøo afn'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Society is unstable.
  社會不安定。

an'urn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'urn [[...]][i#] [p.]

tranquility, peaceful, free from danger

安穩

• an'urn ee seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'urn ee sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  peaceful secure life
  安穩的生活。

• Hoefchiaf pie khiechiaf khaq an'urn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoea'chiaf pie khix'chiaf khaq afn'urn. Høea'chiaf pie khix'chiaf khaq afn'urn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the train is safer than a car
  火車比汽車安穩。

bagsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'siin [[...]][i#] [p.]

expression of the eyes, luster or brightness of the eyes

眼神

• Hid ef gyn'ar bagsiin cyn oah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ef girn'ar bak'siin cyn oah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The expression in that kid's eyes is very bright.
  那個孩子眼神靈活。

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