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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

aonao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aux'nao [[...]][i#] [p.]

angry, vexed, displeased, feeling of impatience

懊惱

Y bin aotuxtu, mxzay teq aonao symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bin aux'tu'tu, m'zay teq aux'nao sirm'miq? [[...]][i#] [p.]
He looks grave (vexed or angry), I wonder what he is angry about.
他繃著臉,不知在懊惱什麼 ?

Baxnsu pud ju'ix, goar cyn aonao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ban'su pud juu'ix, goar cyn aux'nao. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Everything did not go as planned (expected), I am upset (vexed).
萬事不如意,我很懊惱。

aux-tuxtu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aux'tu'tu; aux-tu'tu [[...]][i#] [p.]

look vexed, morose and displeased, sulky

賭氣,繃著臉

Y ee bin putsii aotuxtu, mxzay teq bøo hvoa'hie symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee bin pud'sii aux'tu'tu, m'zay teq bøo hvoaf'hie sirm'miq? [[...]][i#] [p.]
His face is always morose and displeased, I wonder what he is so unhappy about.
他老是繃著臉,不知為什麼不高興 ?

Bad thaity ciaq zaiviar tølo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bad thaai'ty ciaq zay'viar tøf'lo. [[...]][i#] [p.]

learn by experience (Idiom. He who slaughters pigs knows how meat should be cut.)

曾殺豬才知道刀法。

bengkizay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'kii'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]

know previously

早已知,明知

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

hulled rice

米

ciah bie mxzay bykex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah bie m'zay bie'kex [[...]][i#] [p.]
person who knows but little of the world
不知天高地厚

zaixlaai-bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'laai'bie; zai'laai-bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
customary rice
在來米

zhørbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
rice separated from the husk
糙米

zudbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zut'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
glutinous rice
糯米

honglaibie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'laai'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
improved rice
蓬萊米

peqbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]
rice beaten white in the mortar
白米

biefnkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'korng [[...]][i#] [p.]

no need to speak, no need to talk about it, there is nothing that need be said, don't talk about it

不必說,免談

Biefnkorng, goar ykefng zaiviar af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Biern'korng, goar ie'kefng zay'viar af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
No need to tell me, I already know.
不必說,我已經知道了。

biefnsiuo taixzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'siuo tai'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]

dispensed from fasting, dispensation from fasting (Catholic term)

免守大齋

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

vague, indistinct, vast, boundless

渺

bongboong biawbiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boong'boong biao'biao [[...]][i#] [p.]
misty, uncertain, fabulous
渺渺茫茫,迷惘

Goar kafmkag bongboong biawbiao, mxzay bøeq arnzvoar zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar karm'kag boong'boong biao'biao, m'zay boeq axn'zvoar zøx.; Goar karm'kag boong'boong biao'biao, m'zay bøeq axn'zvoar zøx/zøex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
I feel uncertain about what to do.
我感到迷惘,不知要如何做。

bø'høee-bøphøef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'hoee'bøo'phoef; bøo'høee-bøo'phøef [[...]][i#] [p.]

didn't communicate by letter, didn't correspond

沒來信

In'ui bø'høee-bøphøef, bøeq nar øe zaiviar y ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ui bøo'hoee'bøo'phoef, boeq nar e zay'viar y ti tøq'ui?; Yn'ui bøo'høee-bøo'phøef, bøeq nar øe zay'viar y ti tøq'ui? [[...]][i#] [p.]
Because he hasn't, who knows where he is?
因為沒來信,怎麼知道他在哪裏?

bøsviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'sviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

not much

不怎麼,不太

bøsviar aix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'sviar aix [[...]][i#] [p.]
I don't like it too much.
不太喜歡

bøsviar zaiviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'sviar zay'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]
I don't know too much about it.
不太清楚

bøsviar hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'sviar hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
not very good
不太好

bøsviar hofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'sviar hofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
not much wind
風不大

bøsviar laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'sviar laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
scarcely any one
沒什麼人

boefaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boea'af; bøea'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

at the end, at last

後來

Taixsefng lorng mxzaiviar, kaux boefaf ciaq zaiviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'sefng lorng m'zay'viar, kaux boea'af ciaq zay'viar.; Tai'sefng lorng m'zay'viar, kaux bøea`ar ciaq zay'viar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
At first I didn't know anything about it, it was only later on that understood it.
起先都不知道,後來才知道。

bøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq; bøeq; (beq) [[...]][i#] [p.]

just about to, to wish, want, will, sign of future. This word is sometimes used to express a conditional clause

要,將要,快要,要是

Bøeq zaiviar øe høfthvy, goar ciu bøo giah hoxsvoax laai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq zay'viar e hør'thvy, goar ciu bøo giah ho'svoax laai.; Bøeq zay'viar øe hør'thvy, goar ciu bøo giah ho'svoax laai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
If I had known the weather would be nice, I would not have brought an umbrella.
要是知道天氣會好,我就不帶雨傘來。

Bøeq khix, m khix, zhutzai lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq khix, m khix, zhud'zai lie.; Bøeq khix, m khix, zhud'zai lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Whether you go or not is up to you.
要去,不去,隨你便。

bøehzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq'zay; bøeq'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]

if one knows in advance

假如事先知道

bubong cy zay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'bong cy zay [[...]][i#] [p.]

unexpected misfortune, uncalled for disaster or calamity

無妄之災

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

disaster, calamity, damages or casualties caused by disasters

災害

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

disasters or calamities

災禍

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

disasters or calamities

災患

zai'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'hoef; (zexng'hoef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

plant flowers, cultivate flowers

栽花,種花

zai'hofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'hofng; (zay'hngf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

famine caused by floods or droughts

災荒

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

know for a fact

知道

Y tangsii e laai, lie zaiviar `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y tafng'sii e laai, lie zay'viar `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
Do you know when he will come?
他什麼時候會來,你知道嗎 ?

Zef si thngg afsi iaam, lie zaiviar `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zef si thngg ar'si iaam, lie zay'viar `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
Is this sugar or salt?
這是糖還是鹽,你知道嗎 ?

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

disaster, calamity, catastrophe

災殃

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

fasting, a fast

齋戒

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

be in on the secret, know the weak points of others, happen to hear

懂門路,靈通

zay khintang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay khyn'tang [[...]][i#] [p.]

know the seriousness of a matter, knowing the affairs of another person, sympathetic

知輕重,善解人意,了解事情的輕重

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

experience an undesirable outcome, to know suffering

知道悽慘

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

area affected by a disaster or calamity, afflicted area

災區

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

day or period of fast or abstinence

齋期

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

abstention from any food derived from animals at breakfast

早齋

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

know a fact

知道,懂

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

disaster, calamity, catastrophe

災

cynzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cirn'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
earthquake disaster
震災

zuyzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
flood
水災

høefzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'zay; høea'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
fire
火災

kiuozay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiux'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
relieve those who are suffering from calamity
救災

thienzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiefn'zay [[...]][i#] [p.]
natural calamity
天災

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。

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