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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

bøo larngtng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laxng'tng [[...]][i#] [p.]

incessantly, unceasingly

沒有間斷

• Laang aix bøo larngtng ee zhoafnkhuix ciaq e oah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang aix bøo laxng'tng ee zhoarn'khuix ciaq e oah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A person has to continue breathing to continue to live.
  人要不斷的呼吸才會活。

zhøexkiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoe'kiuu; zhøe'kiuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

seek, explore

尋求

• Zhøexkiuu khaq hør ee seng'oah hongseg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhoe'kiuu khaq hør ee sefng'oah hofng'seg.; Zhøe'kiuu khaq hør ee sefng'oah hofng'seg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Everyone seeks to improve their mode of living.
  尋求比較好的生活方式。

øe oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e oah; øe oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

able to come to life or remain alive

會活的

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

køleeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køf'leeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

aged, ripe old age

高齡

• oah kaux kawzap ee køleeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah kaux kao'zap ee køf'leeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  lived to the advanced age of ninety
  活到九十的高齡

koanhoaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koafn'hoaai [[...]][i#] [p.]

concern oneself about

關懷

• Koanhoaai sirntoo ee zengsiin seng'oah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Koafn'hoaai sixn'too ee zefng'siin sefng'oah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  To concern oneself about the spiritual life of Christians.
  關懷信徒的精神生活。

oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah; (hoat) [[...]][i#] [p.]

live, living, alive, moveable, active

活

• bøe oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be oah; bøe oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cannot live, will die
  不會活,活不了

• øexoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'oah; øe'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  able to come to life or remain alive
  會活的

• khvoaroah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  comfortable, be well off
  快活

• køh'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køq'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  alive again, revive
  復活

• seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  life, existence, living
  生活

oaqhut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'hut; (oah'put) [[...]][i#] [p.]

living Buddha — powerful Lamas who are supposed to be light emanations or incarnations of Buddha (They wield temporal power in Tibet.)

活佛

oaqiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'iong [[...]][i#] [p.]

practical use, application, put (knowledge) to practical use, utilize

活用

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

oah siuxzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah siu'zoe [[...]][i#] [p.]

feel as if one were just living to suffer, suffer greatly

活受罪

oaqtang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'tang [[...]][i#] [p.]

active, lively, constantly moving, to lobby

活潑,靈活

• bagsiin oaqtang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'siin oah'tang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eyes full of fire and animation
  眼神靈活

oaqtauh'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'tauq'ar; (oah'kuie'ar) [[...]][i#] [p.]

steel trap

捕獸器

• Iong oaqtauh'ar tngf niawchie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iong oah'tauq'ar tngf niao'chie; Iong oah'tauq'ar tngf niao'chie/zhuo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  use a steel box trap to catch a mouse
  用捕鼠器抓老鼠。

seng'oah thengto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah theeng'to [[...]][i#] [p.]

standard of living

生活程度

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

toxoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: to'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

seek livelihood, barely make a living

謀生,過活

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