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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

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。

Høefchiaf 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。

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

bøe oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be oah; bøe oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

cannot live, will die

不會活,活不了

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。

boafnlieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'lieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

old, late in life

晚年

Y boafnlieen ee seng'oah cyn kankhor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y boarn'lieen ee sefng'oah cyn kafn'khor. [[...]][i#] [p.]
His later life was very difficult.
他的晚年生活很痛苦。

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

buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bun'tee; bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]

problem, question, exam questions

問題

bøo buxntee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo bun'tee [[...]][i#] [p.]
be out of the question, matters little
沒有問題

u buxntee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u bun'tee; u bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
come into question, cause trouble
有問題

hoatsefng buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoad'sefng bun'tee; hoad'sefng bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
gives rise to questions, gives rise to certain problems,
發生問題

seng'oah buxntøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah bun'tee; sefng'oah bun'tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
the question of living, gaining a livelihood, matter of living
生活問題

budcid seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but'cid sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]

physical life, material life

物質生活

zay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay [[...]][i#] [p.]

plant, care for plants, transplant, set plant out, young plants for transplanting (also said of some animals)

栽,苗

zay be oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay be oah; zay bøe oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
It will not live if you plant it.
栽不活

zhaebiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'biaau; (zhaix'zay) [[...]][i#] [p.]
young plants of vegetables
菜苗

ciarzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciax'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
young sugar cane plants
蔗苗

hizay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
fry of fish
魚苗

hoezay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
young flower plants from a nursery
花苗

soafzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soar'zay; (pvoaa'zay) [[...]][i#] [p.]
transplant
移植

Cit jit soafzay, svajit khiaxngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit jit soar'zay, svaf'jit khia'ngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
It takes time to get settled into a new situation. (Lit. One day you transplant a young plant, it will wither for three days.)
一日移植,三日葉黃。新環境不易適應。

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