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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

bøehsie-bøeh'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq'sie'boeq'oah; bøeq'sie-bøeq'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

importune desperately, so sick a person doesn't know whether he will live or die

要死不活的

zveasie zveaoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zvex'sie zvex'oah; zvex/cvix'sie zvex/cvix'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

dispute most doggedly or determinedly, denying what is asserted

強辯

øexsie-øexoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'sie e'oah; øe'sie-øe'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

very serious, to importune desperately

會死會活的

goansie seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

primitive life

原始生活

mxzay syoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'zay sie'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

heedless of consequences, reckless, no idea of the fitness of things

不知死活

oaqkad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'kad [[...]][i#] [p.]

slip knot

活結

• phaq oaqkad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq oah'kad; (phaq sie'kad) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tie a slip (square) knot
  打活結(死結)

oaqoaqbea pak ti sie zhengchiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'oah'bea pak ti sie zheeng'chiu [[...]][i#] [p.]

A live horse tied to a dead banyan tree — to tie up resources and (personnel) in a useless project

活馬綁在死榕樹,埋沒人才

sybea zøx oaqbea y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'bea zøx oah'bea y [[...]][i#] [p.]

hopeless but still try

死馬當活馬醫

syze oaqciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'ze oah'ciah [[...]][i#] [p.]

said of a man with no work but requiring food

好吃懶做

sykhix oaqlaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'khix oah'laai [[...]][i#] [p.]

in great pain or distress

死去活來

sykw zvex kaq piexn oaqpiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'kw zvex kaq piexn oah'piq; sie'kw zvex/cvix-kaq piexn oah'piq [[...]][i#] [p.]

resort to sophistry

將死龜強辯成活鱉,比喻強詞奪理

syoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

dead or alive

死活

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