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aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq [[...]] 

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.) [[...]] 
  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 [[...]] 
  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 [[...]] 
  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 [[...]] 
  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

borng... (''plus Verb'') [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng... (''plus Verb'') [[...]] 

content oneself with coarse food, trivial work and valueless books

姑且,將就

• bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng [[...]] 
  talk at random, sometimes idle jesting, half-joking, half in earnest, well now, just speak
  隨便講

• bofngkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'khix [[...]] 
  tolerable, not very good, but may do
  將就

• Eng'eeng ku pørzoar borng khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng ku pøx'zoar borng khvoax. [[...]] 
  nothing to do but read old newspapers
  沒事且看看舊報紙。

• Na zhøe bøo thaulo, kang'iuo ia tiøh bofngzøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na zhoe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx.; Na zhøe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx. [[...]] 
  If you can't find a job, workers should do less meaningful work.
  如找不著工作,工友也只好將就了。

• Phvayciah si phvayciah, paktor na iaw tiøh bofngciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'ciah si phvae'ciah, pag'tor na iaw tiøh borng'ciah. [[...]] 
  True it is not good tasting, but when you are hungry anything will do.
  難吃是難吃,肚子餓了,也只好將就吃了。

borng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng; (barng, bong) [[...]] 

net, network

網

bofngbofng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'borng'ar [[...]] 

barely adequate, not too bad

還可以

bofngbofng'afsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'borng'ar'si [[...]] 

do what situation requires, to muddle or drift along

得過且過

bofnggøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'gøo [[...]] 

turn, move in a circle

打轉

bofnghab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'hab [[...]] 

chat

閒聊

bofnghoee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'hoee [[...]] 

work aimlessly

做這做那

bofngkøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'koex; borng'køex [[...]] 

just getting on so and so

得過且過

bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng [[...]] 

just talk on and on with little purpose

隨便說說

bofngkw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'kw [[...]] 

hanging around, no place to live

茍且居住

bofngløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'løf [[...]] 

beg

常常向人要

bofnglurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'lurn [[...]] 

just bear it as well as you can

姑且忍之

bofngsøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'søo [[...]] 

walk about

到處跑

borng to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'to [[...]] 

just getting along, put up with, be satisfied with

得過且過

bofngtorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'torng [[...]] 

coarse, rude, hurried, reckless, careless in action, rude in manner

鹵莽

zhaepofkyn borng ka kiaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'por'kyn borng ka kiaam [[...]] 

make do, put up with

姑且將就

zørkangge [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'kafng'ge; zøx/zøex'kafng'ge [[...]] 

occupy oneself, keep busy (to pass the time on the train or when retired)

做消遣

• Eng'eeng koecie borng ka, zørkangge ma hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng koef'cie borng ka, zøx'kafng'ge ma hør. [[...]] 
  There's no work, keeping myself busy eating watermelon seeds is okay.
  閒著啃瓜子做消遣也好。

zuxtaau løborng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'taau løo'borng [[...]] 

walk right into a trap, fall into a snare through one's own fault

自投羅網

engzhuix gex køekhaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'zhuix gex kef'khaf.; eeng'zhuix gex køef'khaf. [[...]] 

nothing to do but lick chicken bones

閒著啃雞腳

• Bøo thaulo engzhuix gex køekhaf borng khaikarng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo thaau'lo eeng'zhuix gex kef'khaf borng khay'karng.; Bøo thaau'lo eeng'zhuix gex køef'khaf borng khay'karng. [[...]] 
  Out of a job and nothing to do but stand around and talk.
  沒工作閒著啃雞腳閒聊.

gix'niu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gi'niu [[...]] 

divert oneself, while away time

逍遣

• Bøo taixcix borng limciuo zøx gix'niu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo tai'cix borng lym'ciuo zøx gi'niu. [[...]] 
  Nothing to do but have a few drinks to take up the time.
  沒有事情喝喝酒做消遣。

holwborng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hof'luo'borng [[...]] 

hormones (外來語 )

賀爾蒙

i'iøh bofnghau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: y'iøh borng'hau [[...]] 

incurable, medical science can do no more

醫藥罔效

itborng tvafcin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'borng tvar'cin [[...]] 

take the whole at one haul, e.g., one man taking the whole of what should have been shared with others, make a wholesale arrest of

一網打盡

• Ciofng phvaylaang itborng tvafcin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciofng phvae'laang id'borng tvar'cin. [[...]] 
  arrest all the crooks at once
  將壞人一網打盡。

khoaq-bofngborng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoaq'borng'borng; khoaq-borng'borng [[...]] 

vast, broad

非常廣闊

khoaq-bofngtoxngsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoaq'borng'tong'si; khoaq-borng'tong'si [[...]] 

vast, broad

非常廣大

korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng; (karng) [[...]] 

say, to talk, tell, to discourse

講

• bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng [[...]] 
  talk at random, to say a thing without exactly meaning it or without a definite purpose
  隨便講講

• cviarkorng tørkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviax'korng tøx'korng [[...]] 
  talk this way at one time and soon after talk the opposite way
  說一說二,虛實不一

• tngbin korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngf'bin'korng; tngf'bin korng [[...]] 
  talk in one's presence
  當面講

løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løf [[...]] 

peck (as duck or goose), dabble in mud

啄

• ahbøfzhuix bofngløf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhuix borng'løf; aq'bør/buo'zhuix borng'løf [[...]] 
  may as well ask for it, though with almost no expectation of success
  試著求求看,妄求

løborng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'borng; (løo'bang) [[...]] 

net, network

羅網

• zu taau løborng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu taau løo'borng [[...]] 
  involve oneself, throw oneself into a net
  自投羅網

• thoatli løborng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoad'li løo'borng [[...]] 
  get out of the net, escaped from the net
  脫離羅網

lurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lurn; (jirm) [[...]] 

endure, to bear, forbear, be patient, repress

忍

• bofnglurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'lurn [[...]] 
  just bear it as well as one can
  姑且忍之

• thunlurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thwn'lurn [[...]] 
  tolerate, endure
  忍受

tvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvar; (phaq) [[...]] 

to beat, to strike, to hit, to fight, to attack, to make, do blow, stroke

打

• awtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ao'tvar [[...]] 
  beat violently
  毆打

• bøo-tvafkirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo tvar'kirn; bøo-tvar'kirn [[...]] 
  impudently make light of a just request, to count of little importance
  反而

• itborng tvafcin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'borng tvar'cin [[...]] 
  catch all at one cast of the net — round up all (the criminals, rebels or other undesirable elements)
  一網打盡

thienborng khoekhoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiefn'borng khoef'khoef [[...]] 

The net of Heaven stretches everywhere (its meshes are large, but nothing escapes) — Nobody escapes the judgment of Heaven The mills of the gods grind exceedingly slow, but they grind exceedingly fine

天網恢恢

thienløo tøexborng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiefn'løo te'borng; thiefn'løo tøe'borng [[...]] 

nets in the air and on the ground — heaven and earth are a net which wicked men cannot escape, their wickedness will surely be punished

天羅地網

thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøf; (løf) [[...]] 

to peck, suck or gobble up like a duck

鴨(鵝)用嘴取食的動作

• ahbøfzhuix borng thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhuix borng thøf; aq'bør/buo'zhuix borng thøf [[...]] 
  the duck just feeling about for something, make a request or attempt without much expectation of success, but might as well try it
  姑妄要之

tix jiok bofngbuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tix jiok borng'buun [[...]] 

to treat with indifference, act as if one had not heard, turn a deaf ear to

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