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🗣u: Cid'mar teq of'ym`aq, khaq'theeng'ar bøo'teg'khag e løh'ho. 這馬咧烏陰矣，較停仔無的確會落雨。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

現在烏雲密布，待會兒也許會下雨。

🗣u: Pox'lw'ar tøf of'ciab'ciab`aq, lie køq theh'laai lw thoo'khaf. 布攄仔都烏汁汁矣，你閣提來攄塗跤。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

拖把都已經又黑又髒了，你還拿來拖地。

🗣u: Y liah'zurn cixn'zeeng ka laang of'sef cid zaan tai'cix zhuo'lie kaq cviaa hør'sex`aq, m'køq “kef'nng bat'bat ia u phang”, boea`ar iao'si piag'khafng`aq. 伊掠準進前共人烏西這層代誌處理甲誠好勢矣，毋過「雞卵密密也有縫」，尾仔猶是煏空矣。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

他以為之前行賄這件事情處理得萬無一失了，但是「百密必有一疏」，後來還是被揭發了。

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

Chitgøeh-pvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh-pvoax; Chid'gøeh-pvoax; (Tiofng'goaan) [[...]] 

fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, special day for worship of ancestral tablets

七月十五,中元

• chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzaisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'goeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie; chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie [[...]] 
  said of a person acting foolishly or wickedly 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.)
  七月半的鴨子不知死,死到臨頭不知憂。

o'aq'ar 烏盒仔 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'ah'ar [[...]] 

烏盒仔

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