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🗣 Chitgøeqpvoax ah'ar, m zay syoah. 🗣 (u: Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah. Chid'gøeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah.) 七月半鴨仔，毋知死活。 [wt][mo] Tshit-gue̍h-puànn ah-á, m̄ tsai sí-ua̍h. [#]

1. () || 七月半的鴨子，不知死活。七月半指農曆7月15日，也就是「中元普渡」，為臺灣民間信仰祭拜孤魂野鬼的日子。民間信仰中雞是祭神的供品，拜鬼只能用鴨子，故有此說。形容人沒有憂患意識，不知大難臨頭。

🗣le: (u: Sii'ky bøo hør, tak'kef lorng kviaf e khix ho laang thaai'thaau, m kvar zherng'kar, zorng`si ma u laang “chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah”, køq kvar zherng'kar zherng pvoax køx goeh khix kog'goa chid'thøo.) 🗣 (時機無好，逐家攏驚會去予人刣頭，毋敢請假，總是嘛有人「七月半鴨仔，毋知死活」，閣敢請假請半個月去國外𨑨迌。) (景氣不好，大家都怕被裁員，不敢請假，不過也有人像是「七月半的鴨子，不知死活」，還敢請假半個月去國外旅遊。)
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🗣u: Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah. 七月半鴨仔，毋知死活。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

一般人在農曆七月半普渡的時候，大多以鴨子來當作牲禮祭拜亡魂。所以這句話是比喻大禍臨頭，不知死活。

🗣u: Kuy'kef'hoea'ar lorng sie'zeh`aq. 規家伙仔攏死絕矣。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

全家都死光了。

🗣u: Kafn'naf ka y korng`nng'kux'ar, y tø køq khay'sie teq biq'zhuix`aq. 干焦共伊講兩句仔，伊就閣開始咧覕喙矣。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

只不過責備了他幾句話，他就又開始抿嘴想哭了。

🗣u: Goarn biin'ar'zaix tø khay'sie hiøq'kvoaa, biern khix hak'hau siong'khøx`aq. 阮明仔載就開始歇寒，免去學校上課矣。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

我們明天就開始放寒假，不用去學校上課了。

🗣u: Sie aq'ar gve zhuix'poef. 死鴨仔硬喙桮。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

死鴨子嘴硬。俗語，形容人死不認錯。

🗣u: Sii'ky bøo hør, tak'kef lorng kviaf e khix ho laang thaai'thaau, m kvar zherng'kar, zorng`si ma u laang “chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar, m zay sie'oah”, køq kvar zherng'kar zherng pvoax køx goeh khix kog'goa chid'thøo. 時機無好，逐家攏驚會去予人刣頭，毋敢請假，總是嘛有人「七月半鴨仔，毋知死活」，閣敢請假請半個月去國外𨑨迌。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

景氣不好，大家都怕被裁員，不敢請假，不過也有人像是「七月半的鴨子，不知死活」，還敢請假半個月去國外旅遊。

🗣u: Lie tuo zhud'sia'hoe khay'sie siong'pafn, m'thafng tak hang lorng kviaf'kviaf, laang korng “u viu khvoax viu, bøo viu kaf'ki sviu”, kef zøx`kuie'pae'ar tø e'hiao`aq. 你拄出社會開始上班，毋通逐項攏驚驚，人講「有樣看樣，無樣家己想」，加做幾擺仔就會曉矣。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

你剛出社會開始上班，不要事事都膽怯，人家說「依樣畫葫蘆，不然就自己想法子」，多做幾次就會了。

🗣u: U nng ee laang ti lo'pvy ui'tiøh beq chviuo theeng'chiaf'ui teq oafn'kef, pvy`ar ee laang tak ee tøf “khia koaan svoaf, khvoax bea siøf thad”, bøo cit'tag'kuo'ar soaq khay'sie teq thad'chiaf`aq! 有兩个人佇路邊為著欲搶停車位咧冤家，邊仔的人逐个都「徛懸山，看馬相踢」，無一觸久仔煞開始咧窒車矣！ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [d#]

有兩個人在路邊為了搶停車位正在爭吵，旁邊每個人都「事不關己看好戲」，沒多久就開始塞車了！

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

angkøchiahchi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'køf'chiaq'chi [[...]] 

ruddy good health

紅光滿面

• Tefng'e pvi kaq bøeq sie, citmar iuxkøq angkøchiahchih`aq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Terng'e pve kaq boeq sie, cirm'ar iu'køq aang'køf'chiaq'chi af.; Terng'e pvi kaq bøeq sie, cid'mar iu'køq aang'køf'chiaq'chih`aq. [[...]] 
  Formerly he was sick unto death, now he is again in ruddy good health.
  前陣子病得要死,現在又紅光滿面了。

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。

gvexzhuiepef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gve'zhuix'pef [[...]] 

talk tough, refuse to admit mistake

嘴硬

• Syah'ar gvexzhuiepef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sie'aq'ar gve'zhuix'pef [[...]] 
  person who doesn't ever admit his mistake even if he should die (Lit. The bill of a dead duck remains stiff.)
  死鴨嘴硬,死不承認

u: sie'aq'ar 死鴨仔 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.A0651] [#51476]

<∼∼∼, 硬嘴poe 。 >

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